Authority: Supreme Court of the United States (USA)

Date: 05/17/2010

Subject: The Supreme Court of the United States has stated the constitutional illegitimacy of life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, against minors who have committed crimes other than homicide, which is deemed a cruel and unusual punishment

Parties: Graham c/ Florida

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Justice - Art. 49 Proportionality of penalties

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