PDF Model Penal Code: Sentencing of Offenders Under the Age of 18
This provision, which addresses sentencing of people who were under age 18 at the time of the crime, is part of the “Proposed Final Draft of Model Penal Code: Sentencing,” which was approved at the 2017 Annual Meeting. For people who were minors at the time of the crime, the MPC recommends consideration for sentence modification after 10 years, or earlier if recommended by the sentencing court.