NORRIS, Judge.
The State appeals a juvenile court disposition holding that La. Ch.C. art. 897.1, which imposes mandatory "juvenile life" for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for aggravated rape, La. R.S. 14:42, is unconstitutional as applied to A.A.S. Article 897.1 requires the placement of such juveniles in a secure juvenile facility until age 21, without benefit of parole, probation, suspension of imposition or execution of sentence, modification or furlough. The...
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