Sample response: The boy's counsel could argue that the sentence is cruel and unusual punishment. This is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. The boy does not have the judgment of an adult and cannot be punished as an adult. In fact, even if the boy were an adult, life in prison could be a cruel or unusual sentence.
Which choice best describes how your answer compares to the model? Check any that apply.

My answer matched the sample closely.
I said some of the same things that the sample response did.
My answer was very different from the sample response.

This amendment in the United States is the one that outlawed the use of force and all forms of aggression by the members of the police force in the United States of America. From the law in the amendment, they cannot be imposed to pay excessive bails and neither can excess fines or cruel punishments be meted to the people.

This was one of the bills of rights that was adopted by the United States in the year 1791 to protect the citizens of the nation. If the boy is a minor there is no way that he would be given the judgment of an adult. Instead the authority that would handle his case would be one that is from a juvenile court.

Hence we can conclude that Based on the prohibition by the eight amendment, I can say that that the answer matched the sample closely.