Punishment
Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder — and who, as specifically acknowledged by the trial court, had no intent to commit murder and who was held criminally responsible solely because she agreed to loan her car to others who planned to commit a robbery — violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. il B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii