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Life Without Parole



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New! A Just Alternative to Sentencing Youth to Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole, Jody Kent and Beth Colgan, American Constitution Society, March 2010
Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13 and 14 Year Olds to Die in Prison, Equal Justice Initiative, November 2007
New! Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. ___ (2010)
Juvenile Justice: Life Without Parole Sentences, Alison M. Smith, Congressional Research Service, September 14, 2009
No Chance to Make it Right, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2008
No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America, Ashley Nellis and Ryan S. King, The Sentencing Project, July 2009
Sentencing Children to Die in Prison, University of San Francisco School of Law, November 2007
The Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Without the Possibility of Release for Youth Offenders Who Were Under the Age of 18 at the Time of the Offense, Human Rights Adovocates, 2005
The Rest of Their Lives: Life Without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, October 2005
Thousands of Children Sentenced to Life Without Parole, Human Rights Watch, October 2005
New! NJJN E-Newsletter, May 18, 2010, U.S. Supreme Court Prohibits Life Without Parole Sentences for Youth Who Did not Commit Homicide, Graham v. Florida


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46 states authorize or require juvenile court judges to waive jurisdiction over individual cases involving minors, so as to allow prosecution in adult criminal courts. [more facts]


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