High School Students' Amicus Brief Accepted at Michigan Supreme Court

High school students from Father Gabriel Richard High submitted an amicus brief to the Michigan Supreme Court. The Court is about to hear oral argument in the case of juvenile lifers. 

A sample of the brief, from the outline of the brief's arguments:

II.     FAITH AND MORALITY ARE AT THE HEART OF THE 9th AMENDMENT

 A.     VENGEANCE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM

 B.     TO REDEEM MEANS:  "TO BUY BACK"; "TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER"; "TO REPAIR, RESTORE."- Merriam Webster

Also: "We believe all persons have the potential capacity to be sorry for their sins, work to repair their wrongs, restore their worth as a member of society, to be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society. Fundamental to our beliefs as Christians is that all of us have a right and the promise to be redeemed.”

Article here.  (State Bar of Michigan blog). 

And here (freep).