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Term Talk: Jones v. Mississippi, Edwards v. Vannoy

The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. 

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James A. Chance, Suzanna Sherry, Laurie Levenson
October 28, 2021

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.

Participants. Laurie L. Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Suzanna Sherry, Professor, Vanderbilt Law School; and Jim Chance, Senior Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

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