#life-without-parole

#life-without-parole

At issue is the law surrounding lengthy sentences for young offenders. The law changed several years ago to allow anyone sentenced to life without parole for a crime committed as a juvenile to be resentenced. Williams' attorney argued that case law indicates that handing a 15-year-old a sentence of 50 years to life is essentially sentencing them to life in prison without parole.

They were arrested in September 2021 after taking Brockman's daughter, A'Miya Dawson, to the emergency room of a Willowbrook hospital after she became unresponsive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. At the hospital, doctors determined that the girl's injuries did not line up with statements made by Brockman and Whalen. Detectives also searched the couple's apartment and found additional evidence, sheriff's officials said.