%0 Journal Article %T LA PROPORCIONALIDAD DE LA PENA A LA LUZ DE LA OCTAVA ENMIENDA: COMENTARIO A LA SENTENCIA DE LA CORTE SUPREMA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTEAM¨¦RICA DE 17 DE MAYO DE 2010, GRAHAM V. FLORIDA, 560 U.S. 2010 %A Candia Falc¨®n %A Gonzalo %A Schlack Mu£¿oz %A Andr¨¦s %J Revista chilena de derecho %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-34372011000100007 %X the united states supreme court decision in graham v. florida forbade life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for offenders under 18 years old for non-homicidal crimes, considering it as incompatible with the eight amendment. in order to reach this decision, the court created a categorical rule, previously applied only to death penalty cases. although the authors agree on the lack of proportionality of the punishment imposed on the defendant, the use of a categorical rule is criticized, considering preferable the case-to-case narrow proportionality approach. %K sentencing proportionality %K eight amendment %K categorical rule %K judicial review %K inciple of judicial restraint. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-34372011000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en