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US courts weigh life terms for teenagers - 10 Nov 09

2012-05-29 17 Dailymotion

The US Supreme Court is considering whether teenagers can be jailed for life for their crimes.<br /><br />The question arose in cases involving two Florida men who are serving life prison sentences with no chance of parole, for crimes they committed as teenagers.<br /><br />Their lawyers say sentencing juveniles to life in prison is unconstitutional, particularly if they never committed murder.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports.

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