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Life Without Parole

Expanding Opportunity And Hope For Children In America

Nahal Zamani | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Nahal Zamani

Friday, November 20, marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children's rights.

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Juvenile Justice and Race: An Uphill Climb to the Bottom

James Bell | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Youth Violence, Disproportionality, Detention Policy, 2300-American-Kids-Serving-Life-Without-Parole, Detention, Prison, Juvenile Justice, Life-Without-Parole, Jail, Juvenile Dentention, Race, Nonviolent Offenders, Impact News
James Bell

Has it become an accepted fact of life in the United States that the machinery of justice applies almost solely to people of color?

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Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Life Without Parole, Louisiana Child Rape Case, Child Rape, Rape of a Child Under the Age of 12, Crimes Against the State, Death Penalty, Hypocrite, U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Troy King Attorney General of Alabama, Politics News
Diane Dimond

There is an inner voice in my head that can't stop screaming! I've heard it since last week when the US Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under 12 should not be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a "proportional punishment."

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