Krissa M. Lanham (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Gary M. Restaino , United States Attorney; Elizabeth A. Strange , Former First Assistant United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Arizona; Patrick J. Schneider , United States Attorney's Office, Flagstaff, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Keith J. Hilzendeger , Assistant Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Amicus Curiae Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona.
John R. Mills , Phillips Black Inc., Oakland, California; Rebecca Turner , Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth, and Phillips Black Inc.
Order; Opinion by Judge O'Scannlain.
ORDER
The opinion filed on December 6, 2021, and reported at 18 F.4th 1170 is amended as follows:
At page 1175, delete the following sentence: [In Jones, the Court held that in cases involving juvenile LWOP defendants, a "discretionary sentencing system"— where a sentencer can consider the defendant's youth and has discretion to impose a lesser sentence than LWOP—is "constitutionally sufficient."]
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