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October13, 2009, Albany, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the legality…
August 6, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), one of seven…
CCR joined as an amicus in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, two cases that will evaluate how the Eighth Amendment’s clause on cruel and unusual punishment applies to sentencing juveniles. In the amicus brief CCR encourages the U.S. Supreme Court to consider international laws as indicators that life in prison without parole is indecent and excessive punishment for juveniles under the age of 18. The United States is the only country in the world that imposes sentences of life without parole against juveniles.
The complete brief is attached at the bottom of this page.
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