The case is about whether juveniles can be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Two states, Alabama and Arkansas, had mandatory laws that required life imprisonment without parole for all juvenile homicide offenders. The Supreme Court ruled that these mandatory sentencing laws violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishments." The most significant fact in the court's analysis is that juveniles are different from adults and must be treated differently in sentencing.

Miller v. Alabama (2012)
Supreme Court of the United States
567 U.S. 460, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4873, SCDB 2011-074

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