Eric Hancock was 16 and with a cash-strapped older cousin when he robbed a Mount Oliver convenience store, killing the clerk before he left with $400 and a pack of Newport cigarettes in the summer of 2007.
Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Is it unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to send a juvenile away to prison for life, without the possibility of parole for a crime that does not involve a death? That's the question the Supreme Court ponders Monday.
Full Article at NPR
Washington - The US Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile offender to death.
Full Article at Christian Science Monitor
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