, ▁adding ▁that ▁he ▁des erved ▁a ▁longer ▁sentence ▁than ▁B ost ic . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁vict ims ▁test ified ▁in ▁court ▁that ▁B ost ic ▁" just ▁stood ▁there ▁looking ▁stupid " ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁rob ber y . ▁H ut son ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁par ole ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁though ▁died ▁of ▁a ▁drug ▁over d ose ▁in ▁cust ody ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁After math ▁and ▁legal ▁challeng es ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁case ▁of ▁Graham ▁v . ▁Florida , ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁ruled ▁it ▁is ▁un const itution al ▁to ▁sentence ▁children ▁to ▁life - im pr ison ment ▁without ▁par ole ▁for ▁non - hom ic ide ▁off enses . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁court ▁ruled ▁that ▁this ▁law ▁should ▁be ▁applied ▁retro act ively . ▁B ost ic ' s ▁case , ▁however , ▁was ▁not ▁affected ▁by ▁these ▁changes , ▁as ▁techn ically ▁he ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁prison , ▁rather ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ 2 4 1 ▁years ▁with ▁a ▁possibility ▁of ▁par ole ▁in ▁" ext reme ▁old ▁age ". ▁The ▁penalty ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁" de ▁fact o ▁life ▁sentence ", ▁separated ▁only ▁from ▁an ▁actual ▁life ▁sentence ▁by ▁legal ▁distinction . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union ▁lod ged