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

FILE - This May 4, 2007, file photo shows former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson delivering a key-note address to Log Cabin Republicans at their annual convention in Denver. The Wyoming Republican served 18 years in the Senate, but as a teenager he pleaded guilty to setting fire to an abandoned building on federal property. For teenagers who committed crimes and received a life in prison sentence without parole Simpson said, 'When they get to be 30 or 40 and they been in the clink for 20 years or 30 or 40 and they have learned how to read and how to do things, why not' release them Simpson told to the Associated Press. If a prisoner shows he is not fit to be released, 'throw him back in,' he said. 'That's better than saying 'Sorry, we can't look at that file because you were sent here for life.'' (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, FILE)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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