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13 Nov 2009, 9:03 am
In all, 2,570 juveniles are serving life-without-parole sentences in the United States, the vast majority for crimes that resulted in someone’s death. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 8:44 am
  She would direct the Parole Board to recalculate the defendant’s parole eligibility date. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 1:46 pm
The United States, which is the only nation in the world that imposes such a sentence for non-homicide juvenile offenses, has 109 inmates in that category. [read post]
14 Jun 2009, 3:16 pm
  For reasons that were not stated in the record, the defendant was released from parole early in July 2005. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 3:27 pm
Florida that sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without any possibility of parole for a non-homicide offense is tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment, which is prohibited by the United States Constitution. [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 1:07 pm
There should be little argument over whether the punishment is unusual: The United States is the only country in the world to impose such a draconian sentence on children, with 109 people serving life without parole for non-homicide juvenile offenses. [read post]
19 May 2007, 10:12 am
Rather, he invites the State to violate two of the most basic norms of a civilized society - that the State's penal authority be invoked only where necessary to serve the ends of justice, not the ends of a particular individual, and that punishment be imposed only where the State has adequate assurance that the punishment is justified.United States Supreme Court Justice, 1990(1)Robert Comer, Christopher Newton and Elijah Page have something in common, aside… [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 4:01 pm
The parole board, in a 4-1 vote, said Young should be removed from death row because of circumstances surrounding the murder. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 1:25 am by Aoife Nolan
(2)September 15, 2010 -- Remembering 2001: ‘Sharia’ in the United States – Pluralists and Terrorists (1) [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
This term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Jones v. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 8:25 am
The United States could be the only nation in the world where a 13-year-old child can be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, even for crimes that do not include murder. [read post]
24 Sep 2017, 5:22 pm by Matthew Kahn
 This was the first such review of its kind in United States history. [read post]