OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
In this criminal appeal we are asked to determine whether state and federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment are violated by the imposition of a mandatory life sentence. We are also requested to decide whether the "right of allocution" contained in art. I, § 10, of our state constitution grants to the Superior Court the power to mitigate a punishment previously established by the Legislature...
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