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High court to look at life in prison for juveniles (AP)

This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

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