With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". violated the Fifth and Eighth Amendments). Congress has also explicitly rejected this notion: “the sentence imposed for trafficking in a quantity of crack cocaine should generally exceed the sentence imposed for trafficking in a like quantity of powder cocaine.” Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. 85, 105, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007) (quoting Pub.L. 104-88, § 2(a)(1)(A), 109 Stat. 334) (internal quotation marks omitted). Nor does Gay’s 262-month sentence violate the Eighth Amendment based solely on the length of incarceration. See United States v. Williams, 576 F.3d 1149, 1165 (10th Cir.2009) (affirming life sentences on two counts of distributing more than 50 grams of cocaine base); see also Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 1002-05, 111 S.Ct. 2680, 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991) (<HOLDING>). CONCLUSION The district court did not err in

A: holding that a mandatory life sentence for cocaine possession is not unusual in the constitutional sense
B: holding that life sentence without parole for defendant convicted of possession with intent to distribute 1519 grams of cocaine does not violate the eighth amendment
C: holding that a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for possession of 650 or more grams of cocaine is so grossly disproportionate that it violates the prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment in const 1963 art 1  16
D: holding that a life sentence without parole for possession of 650 grams of cocaine base did not violate the eighth amendment
D.