Judge Hears Challenge To DC-Area Sniper’s Life Sentence

ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJZ/AP) — An attorney for a man convicted as a teenager of taking part in deadly sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area argued before a Maryland judge Thursday that his young client’s life sentence is unconstitutional and should be thrown out. But prosecutors maintained that a Supreme Court decision deeming mandatory life without parole for juveniles unconstitutional does not apply in this case because in Maryland, judges aren’t required to impo