The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments relating to the constitutionality of Lee Boyd Malvo’s criminal sentence. Malvo was seventeen years old when he participated in multiple deadly sniper attacks in the Washington D.C. area. In 2004, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole (LWOP). Malvo now challenges his sentence as unconstitutional, arguing that he was sentenced to LWOP without proper consideration of his age and immaturity level.
