Holding that Virginia's geriatric release program provided juvenile nonhomicide offenders serving life sentences with a meaningful opportunity for release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation, as required by Graham
Holding that Virginia's Geriatric Release program does not comply with the requirements of Graham as it does not provide a "meaningful" opportunity for release for juvenile offenders
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Holding that "a determination of a factual issue made by a State court shall be presumed to be correct" and "[t]he applicant shall have the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by clear and convincing evidence"