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Read News: Teens locked up for life without a second chance

By The Sentencing Project

  Approximately 2,000 offenders are serving sentences of life without parole crimes committed when they were juveniles.  CNN examines many of these cases and reports that in 73 instances, the offenders were 13 or 14 years old.  The Sentencing Project's Ashley Nellis is quoted as saying, "Children aren't just little adults, and it's starting to resonate with people. There has been a general momentum of changing juvenile law in the last few years." Posted Date:4/8/2009 5:59:02 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).