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Finding "Compassion in Juvenile Sentencing"

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to CDW, I just discovered the new blog Compassion in Juvenile Sentencing.  Here is how the creator has described her new project:My name is Lisa Kenney and I became aware the number of individuals in my home State of Colorado who had been convicted as juveniles to Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP) when I watched the Frontline documentary, When Kids Get Life.  I was so disturbed by what I?d watched that I began researching the subject of juveniles tried and sentenced as adults.  Based on what I discovered, I believe there are some serious problems with our justice system and with the way we, as a society view the children convicted of serious crimes.  This Weblog is a forum for presenting and discussing articles, rulings and issues related to this subject...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).