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Human Rights Watch calls for federal legislation to eliminate juve LWOP

By Douglas A. Berman

I was intrigued and pleased to see this press release from Human Rights Watch discussing its efforts to convince Congresss (rather than just the Supreme Court) to elimimate LWOP sentences for juveniles in the United States.  Here are some of the interesting details: The US Congress should pass a proposed law to end the sentencing of youth offenders to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee. At least 2,574 individuals in the United States are serving these sentences for crimes they committed before they were 18 years old. The United States is the only country that uses such sentences for crimes committed by juveniles. On May 6, 2009, Representatives Robert "Bobby" Scott and John Conyers introduced H...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).