In 2012, in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life imprisonment without opportunity of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.

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The U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama ruled that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles convicted of homicide offenses violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments, requiring instead that sentencing authorities consider the characteristics of juvenile offenders.

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