A federal judge on Friday overturned the life-without-parole sentence that Lee Boyd Malvo received in the D.C. sniper case nearly 15 years ago because he was only 17 years old at the time.
A Supreme Court ruling in 2012 offered further protections to juveniles. The court ruled that any mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles were deemed unconstitutional. In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that this be applied retroactively, according to a Washington Post report.
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