Question

2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the

answer to Part A?
A. "The other, Evan Miller, and an older youth beat a
52-year-old neighbor in Alabama in 2003 after the
three had spent the evening smoking marijuana and
playing drinking games. The youths then set fire to
his home, and the neighbor died of smoke
inhalation." (Paragraph 9)
B. "Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile
precludes consideration of his chronological age and
its hallmark features - among them, immaturity,
impetuosity, and failure to appreciate risks and
consequences..." (Paragraph 11)
C. "But he added that the resentencing must be
initiated by the inmates, that many lacked the
resources to pay for a lawyer, and that the Supreme
Court had said prisoners seeking new hearings have
no constitutional right to counsel." (Paragraph 13)
D. "Even a 17 %-year-old who sets off a bomb in a
crowded mall or guns down a dozen students and
teachers is a 'child' and must be given a chance to

Answer 1

B. "Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features - among them, immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate risks and consequences..." (Paragraph 11)