Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sentencing Law and Policy

Criminal Law

: Sentencing Law and Policy

"Sentencing Children to Die in Prison"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this piece authored by Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, which now appears over at The Huffington Post.  The post is mostly about the Equal Justice Initiative's report from last year titled "Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison" (blogged here, overviewed here).  Here are snippets from Edelman's commentary:Ian Manuel was 13-years-old when he participated in a robbery attempt in Florida, leaving the victim with a nonfatal gunshot injury.  Ian turned himself in to police, and his attorney told him he would receive a 15-year sentence if he pled guilty.  Instead, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 18, 2008 (boomark / email).