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Abstract: 

This article reviews two legal proceedings. In a landmark decision, Graham v. Florida , 560 U.S., 130 S. Ct. 2011 (2010), the US Supreme Court held that the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Constitution “prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide.” In Blevins v. Aristedes2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82015 (D. Colo. August 12, 2010), a Colorado district court denied Blevin’s claim that he was unjustly labeled a sex offender when he was currently incarcerated for non sex-related crimes.

Keywords: Sex offenders; death penalty

Affiliations:  1: Pace University School of Law Library.