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The Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in the case of Timothy Griffin, who was 14 years old when he was tried as an adult, and convicted of murder.
October 10, 2019 at 02:39 PM
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The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled it is not unconstitutional to sentence a child to 40 years in prison.
The high court found that the punishment of a 14-year-old, sentenced as an adult to 40 years in prison, did not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” under state law.
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