TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 9, 2022

A new documentary from Al Jazeera English’s “Fault Lines” will explore juvenile sentencing in Tennessee, which leads the U.S. in longest mandatory jail sentences for juveniles convicted of murder, the Tennessee Lookout reports. “51 Years Behind Bars” will highlight the case of Almeer Nance, who is serving a mandatory minimum 51 years in prison for an armed robbery in Knoxville that left a man dead in 1996, when Nance was 16 years old. The Tennessee Supreme Court is currently considering a challenge to the 51-year mandatory minimum sentence for juveniles convicted of murder. The 25-minute documentary is available on YouTube.