Emily Robb

Emily Robb

April 15, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Disproportionate Effect of Felony Murder on Children in Pennsylvania

In Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that children's brains are still developing and equated that with lessened culpability. Felony murder, which punishes anyone involved in the underlying felony in which someone died, even if unintentional, still punishes children for the very cognitive deficiencies that the Supreme Court identified.

By Emily Robb

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