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This document is a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States from Christopher Pittman, a 12-year-old child sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for murder in South Carolina. The petition raises three questions: 1) whether such a sentence is disproportionate for a 12-year-old, 2) whether youth should be considered as a mitigating factor, and 3) whether mandatory sentencing precluded consideration of youth. It argues the sentence violates the 8th Amendment and asks th

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