WI SB882

Defines "youthful offender" as a person who committed a crime before age 18 and prohibits courts from sentencing youthful offenders to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or release to extended supervision

Creates a sentence adjustment procedure allowing incarcerated youthful offenders to petition the sentencing court after serving 15 years (or 20 years for felonies causing death or felony sexual assault of a child)

Requires courts to consider 15 specific mitigating factors when sentencing youthful offenders, including age at offense, impetuosity, family environment, intellectual capacity, trauma history, and capacity for rehabilitation

Grants youthful offenders the right to counsel in sentence adjustment proceedings, the right to attend hearings, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses, with victims entitled to notice and the opportunity to be heard

Exempts youthful offenders from mandatory life-without-parole sentences for repeat offenders, aligning Wisconsin law with the U.S. Supreme Court's Miller v. Alabama ruling that mandatory juvenile life sentences without parole violate the Eighth Amendment