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Think Outside the Cage (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death-penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line.They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, 22, and Sullivan, 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes.Although their attorneys deny...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Joe Sullivan, now 33, is serving a sentence of life without parole for raping an elderly woman when he was 13. His case will be argued Monday. ( Glenn Paul, Equal Justice Initiative )WASHINGTON — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... is cruel and unusual – and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday. Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their lawyers...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
1:41 p.m. ET WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Monday over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The justices heard two hours of argument in cases involving two Florida teenagers who are serving life prison terms.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
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MSNBC.com: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
1:41 p.m. ET Nov. 9, 2009WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Monday over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The justices heard two hours of argument in cases involving two Florida teenagers who are serving life prison terms.Justice Ruth Bader...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... to rule out the death penalty for those younger than 18. In that 2005 case, decided by a 5-4 vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion noted "the lesser culpability of the juvenile offender.""From a moral standpoint, it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult, for a greater possibility exists that a minor's character deficiencies will...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted on Monday, 11.09.09 High court looks at life in prison for juvenilesBy MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Monday over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The justices heard two hours of argument in cases...
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StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to peer pressure and had personalities that were still being formed. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the practice of executing 16- and 17-year-olds violated the Eighth Amendment, conflicted with “evolving standards of decency” and isolated the United States from the rest of the world. The Roper decision took scores of juveniles off death row. It also...
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel and unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their lawyers...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel and unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their lawyers...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their lawyers...
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STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday. Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... violent felonies deserve tough prison sentences -- especially life without parole. On Monday the justices will examine whether the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment" should be applied in such cases, and whether young minds, because of their age, have less culpability and greater potential to be reformed."These two cases are going to tell us a lot about how far the -- led...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual — and thus, unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of locked up for life for nonhomicide crimes. Although their lawyers deny their clients...
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The Eagle Nation (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... the key is cruel and unusual -- and thus unconstitutional. Other than in death penalty cases, the justices never before have found that a penalty crossed the cruel-and-unusual line. They will hear arguments Monday.Graham, now 22, and Sullivan, now 33, are in Florida prisons, which hold more than 70 percent of juvenile defendants locked up for life for non-homicide crimes. Although their...
