Transcript: Supreme Court Weighs Life Sentences For Juveniles

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MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
11-09-2009
Supreme Court Weighs Life Sentences For Juveniles

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Retribution versus the possibility of redemption. Those values were at the core of Supreme Court arguments today in two cases. They both test whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to life in prison without parole for a crime that does not involve a death.

Here's NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

NINA TOTENBERG: Florida leads the nation in sentencing juveniles to life ...

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