An early chapter in the prosecution of Wayne Treacy, the Broward County juvenile who tried to stomp a girl to death, came under scrutiny Thursday before the Florida Supreme Court.
At issue was the 2½ years Treacy was held without bond before he was sentenced because the offense he was charged with premeditated attempted murder was punishable by life without parole. But on May 17, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Graham v. Florida that juveniles convicted of non-homicide offense could not be given a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
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