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Undated photos provided by the Nebraska Department of Corrections show inmates, from the left, Eric Ramirez, Juan Castaneda and Douglas Mantich. On Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 vacated the sentences of the three men ordered imprisoned for life without parole when they were teenagers, citing a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down such sentences. The rulings came in the separate appeals of Douglas Mantich, 37, who was sentenced for his role in a 1993 shooting death in Omaha, and Eric Ramirez, 22, and Juan Castaneda, 21, both sentenced for their roles in a 2008 Omaha shooting rampage that left two dead and one injured. The court ordered the three to be resentenced. (AP Photo/Nebraska Department of Corrections)
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, top, responds to a question by moderator Judith Resnik, bottom, during a talk at Yale University, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. Sotomayor, who grew up poor in the Bronx, described how she navigated new worlds making into Ivy League universities and then onto the nation’s highest court. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, left, responds to a question by moderator Judith Resnik, right, during a talk at Yale University, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. Sotomayor, who grew up poor in the Bronx, described how she navigated new worlds making into Ivy League universities and then onto the nation’s highest court. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles as she speaks at Yale University, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. Sotomayor, who grew up poor in the Bronx, described how she navigated new worlds making into Ivy League universities and then onto the nation’s highest court. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gestures as he speaks, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 to a joint meeting of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Bar Association at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Alito said the high court should never worry about its popularity when deciding cases. Alito told an audience of more than 1,100 people that the nine justices would undermine the court's standing if they were concerned about public opinion. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito holds up a figurine of himself that someone gave him, as he speaks, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 to a joint meeting of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Bar Association at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Alito said the high court should never worry about its popularity when deciding cases. Alito told an audience of more than 1,100 people that the nine justices would undermine the court's standing if they were concerned about public opinion. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gestures as he speaks, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 to a joint meeting of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Bar Association at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. Alito said the high court should never worry about its popularity when deciding cases. Alito told an audience of more than 1,100 people that the nine justices would undermine the court's standing if they were concerned about public opinion. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators march to the U.S. Supreme Court Building at the annual March for Life on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Anti-abortion demonstrators march to the U.S. Supreme Court Building at the annual March for Life on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Bishop O'Dowd High School seniors Lizzie Richardson, Caroline Desler, Palo Manavarro [cq], and Tae Shimamoto [cq], visiting on a school trip from Oakland, Calif., have a snowball fight outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as snow accumulates in the Washington region, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Bishop O'Dowd High School seniors Lizzie Richardson, Palo Manavarro [cq], Caroline Desler, and Tae Shimamoto [cq], visiting on a school trip from Oakland, Calif. have a snowball fight outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as snow accumulates in the Washington region, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Bishop O'Dowd High School seniors Lizzie Richardson, Caroline Desler, and Tae Shimamoto [cq], visiting on a school trip from Oakland, Calif., have a snowball fight outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as snow accumulates in the Washington region, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
