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MI: Juvenile lifer bills in Senate ?The greatest hope I have had in 33 years.?

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Juvenile lifer bills in Senate ?The greatest hope I have had in 33 years.? By Diane Bukowski The Michigan Citizen DETROIT ? Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged a 17-year-old with assault with intent to commit murder, felonious assault, assault with a dangerous weapon on school grounds, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm after he wounded another 17-year-old in the stomach inside Central High School Feb. 18. The two were gambling in the halls, a practice that has being going on since at least the 70s, according to one Central High alumni. The 17-year-old faces up to life in prison. Days later, police raided CHS and carried away teens as young as 14 on police buses to face loitering charges, whether or not they were students...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).