If he gets released, it would be cosmic justice if someone with a scoped bolt-action took him out from 500 yards, turning his head into a cloud of pink mist.
I'd make Bubba a weekly donation of a carton or two of Camels for a week or so!
Ex post facto only applies against the state, not the defendant. The Supreme Court ruling held that nondiscretionary life sentences for juveniles were unconstitutional, therefore it also held that it would be retroactively applied as such sentences were unconstitutional at the time they were imposed.If he took the plea deal to avoid the death penalty his partner got, and the life sentence is unconstitutional, what are the odds he gets re-sentenced and get the needle? or are 17 year olds exempt from both life and death sentences?
And if the judge is apply the ruling retroactivly, how is this not a ex post facto?