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In praise of Texas justice (and shame on the press and public policy activists) on juve LWOP

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to a comment to this post, Scott of Grits for Breakfast informed me that "Texas abolished life without parole for juveniles this year legislatively. The Governor signed it.  It's now a 40-year minimum for juveniles convicted of capital murder in TX.  Here's the legislation."  In addition to being quite pleased and impressed that Texas passed legislation to reduce sentences for certain juvenile killers, I was troubled that I had completely missed this interesting and important story about a change to Texas justice. I then spent some time this morning looking for press reports about this new legislation and/or materials about this notable Texas reform from various public policy groups that focus on juvenile justice issues.  Disappointingly and aggravatingly, I could not find ANY significant media coverage or materials from public policy groups about this reform to Texas justice...continue to full post

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