The U. S. Supreme Court ruled in Graham v. Florida that any sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for an offender convicted of a nonfatal crime committed

as a juvenile was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
a. True
b. Fals


Answer: a

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