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Florida To Tourists: Come On Down, The Kids Are In Prison

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

To the "ho-hum" of the nation, the national media reported back in May, and last week, that in November the United States Supreme Court will take up the issue of whether life in prison without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted for non-homicide offenses is a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.Here's a story from the LA Times.According to Amnesty International, "The United States is the only country in the world that does not comply with the norm against imposing life-without-parole sentences on juveniles."While about 2,500 juveniles are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, 109 are serving life for other crimes.Our own attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum isn't interested in addressing the issue of whether life in prison without parole for juveniles who commit non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual, he's just arguing that it's too late to raise the issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).