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which u.s. supreme court case removed mandatory life without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders who had committed homicide?

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Having banned the use of the death penalty for juveniles in Roper, the Court left the sentence of life without parole as the harshest sentence available for offenses committed by people under 18. In Graham v. Florida, the Court banned the use of life without parole for juveniles not convicted of homicide.

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