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Since the Supreme Court's ruling in Miller v. Alabama in 2012, holding that juveniles cannot be given life without parole sentences without discretion, Connecticut and its Sentencing Commission, like many other states, is still working on addressing on how to be in compliance with this holding. Legislation which would have addressed this issue of discretionary juvenile sentencing in CT (HB 5221) did not pass in this year's legislative session which ended last week. Read this compelling story of youth on the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange who committed serious crimes and turned their lives around after parole: http://jjie.org/up-from-the-depths-juvenile-offenders-who-turned-their-lives-around/106746/ . Marisa Mascolo Halm, Esq. Director, TeamChild Juvenile Justice Project Center for Children's Advocacy UCONN School of Law 65 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105 Phone: 860-570-5327 ext. 228 Mobile: 860-566-0764 Fax: 860-570-5256 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>