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Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have now either banned life without parole for juveniles altogether, or have no one serving that sentence. Some states have gone even further, curtailing long prison terms for teens, and providing special protections like parole board hearings.

This month, however, the momentum seemed to change direction.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that curtailed the impact of Miller vs Alabama, the court’s 2012 decision restricting life without parole for teenagers. Then, Evan Miller, the man whose name became synonymous with more than a thousand juvenile lifers having a chance to go home, was himself resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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