The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a case affecting how the state handles juvenile life without parole cases.
The court will determine who should get to decide if a juvenile is sentenced to life without parole – judges or juries.
The courts have gone back and forth on this decision. At one point a special panel put together by the Michigan Court of Appeals said judges should decide.
Juvenile inmate advocates say juries should make the ultimate decision.
But prosecutors have argued that a judge is in the best position to decide whether a juvenile deserves life without parole.
These cases come after a recent US Supreme Court decision that said life without parole for minors was unconstitutional except in rare cases.