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"How Young Is Too Young to Face Life in Prison?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new effective piece from ABC News and Good Morning America.  Here is how it starts: The father of a 12-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged last year with murder says his son is "just an all-around good kid" who doesn't deserve to face life in prison. A judge will soon decide whether or not Jordan Brown should be tried as an adult for the murder of his soon-to-be stepmother, and face a possible life sentence. The case is at the crux of a national debate on juvenile justice, playing out in a small-town courthouse. Before his arrest, Jordan was the quarterback of the Pee Wee football team and a good student. His dad says he was "big into sports" with "a lot of friends in school." But on Feb. 20, 2009, his father's fiancée, Kenzie Houk, 26, was found dead, shot in the head in the family's rural farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).