An estimated 2,500 individuals nationwide have been identified as serving life without parole (LWOP) for homicides they committed while under the age of eighteen.'Of those, as many as 2,100 might have been sentenced according to a mandatory sentencing rule2 and may now be in need of review to determine individualized sentencing in the wake of the ruling in Miller v. Alabama.'Also, an estimated 1,755 youth are currently serving LWOP for crimes committed while legally classified as juveniles; seventy-three were age fourteen or younger at the time of the offense.'Nationwide, seventy-seven percent of LWOP prisoners are members of minorities.'" In [seventeen] states, more than 60% of the [juvenile] LWOP population is [Black].'" The overrepresentation of minority youth, and in particular Black youth, as LWOPs parallels their disproportionate presence in the