Christopher and I hope that you will read the information provided by these organizations.
They are striving to wake up the American
people to the abuse of our children by the
justice system!
Visit their websites and sign the
petitions! Write letters to your Governors and
Legislators, asking them to please give these children
their lives back!
“The reasons why juveniles are not trusted with the privileges and responsibilities of an adult also explain why their irresponsible conduct is not as morally reprehensible as that of an adult” - U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Life without Parole for Youth Offenders in the United States in 2008 In this updateto Human Rights Watch's work on eliminating the sentence of life without parole for juvenile offenders, a number of findings are presented that illustrate the troublesome nature of the sentence and how it is applied to youthful offenders. Among those findings are that the United States is alone in the world in applying this harsh sentence to juveniles, that an estimated 59 percent of youth who receive the sentence had no prior adjudications or convictions, and that there are currently nearly 2,500 offenders who are serving life without parole for crimes committed while they were a juvenile. Additionally, data reveal that there are stark racial disparities in the imposition of the sentence, with black youth serving life without parole at a per capita rate that is 10 times the rate of white youth.
COMPASSION IN JUVENILE SENTENCING This Weblog is a forum for presenting and discussing articles, rulings and issues related to juvenile life without parole.
