David Biro
Over time the sentencing guidelines and procedures when it comes to those who commit crimes as a minor have changed. In 2005 the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could not be given to anyone who was under the age of eighteen at the time of their crime. In 2012 they ruled that mandatory life sentences to offenders under the age of eighteen was akin to “cruel and unusual punishment.” This did not mean that minors could not receive life in prison, just that mandatory rules should not apply. Both of these new rules threw quite a few wrenches into the juvenile system. First it meant that anyone who had been under eighteen and sentenced to death had their sentence automatically overturned, or at the very least converted to life sentences. Then the 2012 ruling required that every juvenile who had been sentenced under mandatory sentencing laws had to have their case reviewed through the courts. David Biro was sentenced to three mandatory life terms plus terms fo...