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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Dismiss ‘D.C.

He is serving four life sentences in Virginia and six life without parole sentences in Maryland, where he is also appealing for a new sentence.

In 2012, the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for juvenile offenders and declared mandatory life-without-parole sentences unconstitutional.

However, in 2018, a federal appeals court ruled that in light of the 2012 and 2017 Supreme Court decisions, Malvo deserved a new sentencing hearing.

The Supreme Court ,which heard arguments in the Malvo case in October, had been expected to deliver a ruling by the summer.