Brown v. Precythe

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION NORMAN BROWN, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 2:17-cv-04082-NKL ) ANNE L. PRECYTHE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER Plaintiffs Norman Brown, Ralph McElroy, Sidney Roberts, and Theron Roland are serving Missouri prison sentences for first-degree murder offenses committed when they were less than 18 years of age. Each originally received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. However, the United States Supreme Court recently held that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a…