In this article by Adam Liptak he talks about how two cases in which the juveniles whom were sentenced to life in prison never killed anyone appealed to the Supreme Court. They claim that the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment applies to them because the amendment says they shouldn't have to die in prison because they are juveniles. This is huge because at the time the article was written there were 100 people in the US that were sentenced to life in prison as juveniles and they could get their cases appealed.
Author: Adam Liptak
Article: Supreme Court Set to Hear Appeals on Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed
Source:New York Times 11/8/2009, p24, 0p
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