Standards of Decency May Be'Evolving,'but the Power to Amend the Constitution Belongs to the People, Not to Supreme Court Justices
Wednesday, 05.19.2010, 09:59pm (GMT)
Contact: Robert Peters, Morality in Media, 212-870-3210NEW YORK, May 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in Graham v. Florida that the"Constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide."In so holding, the Court stated that it must look beyond"historical conceptions"to"the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society."Robert Peters, President of Mora Source: Morality in Media
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