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Texas, more liberal than Mass.? Yes!

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Texas, more liberal than Mass.? (Will MA ever stop patting itself on the back for some weird illusion about being liberal?-Lois) Posted by James Alan Fox, Crime and Punishment March 25, 2010 What a shocker! And for Massachusetts liberals like me who are proud of our state's tradition of social progressiveness, what an embarrassment! When it comes to punishing juveniles, Texas is apparently more enlightened than Massachusetts--Austin more liberal than Boston. In case you missed it--and I admit that I did as well--the Lone Star State legislature voted last year to abolish life without parole (LWOP) for juveniles. Actually, the legislation passed with little attention, as Texas had rarely sentenced juvenile offenders in this way. Prior to the change in criminal code, only four Texas inmates were serving LWOP for offenses committed while under age 18...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 01, 2010 (boomark / email).