2. Read the brief overviews of Supreme Court decisions about crime and sentencing. Write a one-sentence overview of the significance of the Court's decision in each case:

- Atkins v. Virginia (2002)
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)
- Graham v. Florida (2010)
- Miller v. Alabama (2012) (note the attorney for the petitioner)
- Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016)
- Jones v. Mississippi (2021)

3. What additional concerns is the Equal Justice Initiative addressing to reform the juvenile justice system?

4. Write a paragraph answering the prompt below that includes:
- an analytical thesis statement
- evidence cited from the above cases

Three-strikes laws are laws that require state courts to impose a mandatory extended sentence on a defendant who is convicted of three or more serious crimes. Whether they constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment is a subject of debate, with the Supreme Court ruling in Ewing v. California (2003) that such laws do not violate the Constitution.

Regarding sixth amendment rights to a jury trial, sentencing enhancements have been upheld constitutionally under Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) and Blakely v. Washington (2004), requiring that any fact which increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum be submitted to a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

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