The issue of life in prison without parole was revisited in __________ when the Court held that a minor convicted of a homicide offense could not be sentenced to life in prison without parole absent consideration of the youth’s particular

circumstances.

A) Miller v. Alabama (2012)
B) Roper v. Simmons (2005)
C) In re Gault (1967)
D) Kent v. United States (1967)


A) Miller v. Alabama (2012)

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