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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Parole Process for Killers to Receive Court's Scrutiny: How many years behind bars for a person to atone for murder? Is a spotless prison record proof of rehabilitation? Does age or disability lessen the threat to society? These are some of the questions that will hopefully be addressed when the California Supreme Court examines the process by which the governor is able to overturn the parole board's decision to release convicted killers, according to Michael Rothfeld's article for the LA Times. Child Prostitutes - Abuse Victims or Criminals?: New York is addressing that question, in an effort to treat underage prostitutes, some as young as 11 or 12. While the age of consent is 17, there is no minimum age for charges of prostitution, according to Robin Shulman's report for the WA Post...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).