People v. Salazar

CUÉLLAR, J.,

Concurring.—A core premise of our legal system, grounded in our basic charters of governance, is that society distinguishes between juveniles and adults who commit crimes. (E.g., Miller v. Alabama (2012) 567 U.S. 460, 471 [183 L.Ed.2d 407, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2464] (Miller) [‘‘children are constitutionally different from adults for purposes of sentencing”]; see Manduley v. Superior Court (2002) 27 Cal.4th 537, 548 [117 Cal.Rptr.2d 168, 41 P.3d 3] [discussing differential treatment of juveniles and adults].) We draw such a distinction not only in the general domain of criminal…