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...GRAHAM V. FLORIDA...
...Graham v. Florida / Sullivan v. Florida At issue: Whether life imprisonment for juveniles on nonhomicide charges constitutes cruel and unusual punishment...
...court will be asked to consider it again in a pair of cases on the docket. In Sullivan, the petitioner was 13 years old when he was indicted as an adult and sentenced to life in prison without parole in Florida for sexual assault of an elderly woman. In Graham, a 19-year-old violated his parole by committing attempted armed robbery while on parole for two previous robbery attempts he had committed while he was a minor. He too was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole...
...making their decision, the court will review its logic in 2005's Roper v. Simmons, which held that individuals could not be sentenced to death for crimes committed under the age of 18, as the court found that minors had a "lack of maturity." The petitioners in Graham and Sullivan are arguing for a similar standard for their noncapital offenses...
Poland then followed with an assist to Nicola Graham, who joined in the scoring parade. Goals by Poland and Malloy capped off the first-half scoring just minutes later...