of the offense compared to the harshness of the penalty; (2) sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (3) sentences for the same crime in other jurisdictions. State v. Jones, 344 S.C. 48, 543 S.E.2d 541 (2001). Here, the gravity of the offense is severe; McKnight is charged with homicide. The sentence for homicide by child abuse under S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-85(0(1) is twenty years to life, and McKnight received a twenty year sentence, suspended upon service of twelve years. The penalty is no harsher than that imposed upon any other individual charged with murder. See S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-20 (persons guilty of murder must be punished by death, life imprisonment, or mandatory minimum term of thirty years); Simmons v. State, 264 S.C. 417, 215 S.E.2d 883 (1975) (<HOLDING>). Finally, although other states have not
holding that a life sentence pursuant to  841 blaiii was not a cruel and unusual punishment holding cruel and unusual punishment complaint not preserved holding life in prison without the possibility of parole was not cruel and unusual punishment for juvenile convicted of murder holding sentence of life imprisonment resulting from a wrongful killing caused by the use of an automobile is not cruel and unusual punishment holding that what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is a question of law