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Texas Ahead of U.S. Supreme Court on Issue of Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders

By "Persian Cowboy"

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The U.S. Supreme Court banned life without parole for juvenile offenders convicted of non homicide crimes today in a 5-4 vote. This is one criminal justice issue where Texas is ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court, because Texas has banned life without parole for juveniles even in cases in which a juvenile is convicted of a capital crime. Last session, the Texas Legislature passed and Governor Perry signed SB 839 authored by Senator Juan Hinojosa (photo) that banned juvenile offenders convicted of capital crimes from being sentenced to Life Without Parole, instead making them eligible for parole after 40 years. More than 2,000 juveniles are serving life without parole for killing someone across the country. Those sentences are not affected by today's U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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