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Panel takes a look at juvenile death penalty issue

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday concerning whether the imposition of the death penalty on 16- and 17-year-olds constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Last year, the Missouri Supreme Court held that the juvenile death penalty violated the Eighth Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment and set aside the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, ...

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