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The Death Penalty, Life Imprisonment, and Other Punitive Measures: What's the Point?

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 04.09.2013 | Crime
Read More: Life Without Parole, Amnesty International, Death Penalty, Recidivism, Deterrence, Prison Reform, Prison Sentence, Prison, Sentencing, Crime News
Marianne Mollmann

Unfortunately, rehabilitation (the adult word for "learning a lesson") is often not at the heart of criminal justice reform. In fact, the harshness of a punishment is frequently not determined by the possibility of recidivism, but rather by public opinion.

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Following Up On Juvenile Justice Reform in Michigan

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 01.29.2013 | Impact
Read More: Life Without Parole, Lwop, Juvenile Justice, Victim's Organization, Efren Paredes, Michigan, Appeals Court, Impact News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Sayre Quevedo Michigan is known for i...

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Making Sense Of California Youth Sentences

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.19.2012 | Impact
Read More: Prosecutor, Life Without Parole, Mandatory Sentencing, Judge, Caballero, Homicide, Juvenile Justice, Prison, Criminal Justice, Impact News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By Sayre Quevedo For juveniles in California being sentenced for crimes, things just got a little more complicated. Proposition 21 requires mandatory...

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Victim's Sister Says Life Without Parole Is Reasonable For Teens

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.18.2012 | Impact
Read More: Murder, Life Without Parole, Teenager, Juvenile, Prison, Juvenile Justice, High School, Jail, Death, Impact News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers www.teenkillers.org By Sayre Quevedo As part of Youth Radio’s juvenile justice coverage,...

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366 Days Down, 68 More to Go

Jeanne Woodford | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Death Penalty, Prop 34 California, SAFE California, Safe California Act, Life Without Parole, Capital Punishment, Life in Prison, Politics News
Jeanne Woodford

Californians recognize that replacing the death penalty with life in prison without parole means justice that works for everyone.

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Kids Shouldn't Face Dying in Prison

Jason Baldwin | Posted 09.05.2012 | Crime
Read More: Life Without Parole, West Memphis Three, Miller v. Alabama, Supreme Court Juvenile Life Without Parole, Juvenile Life Sentence, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Juvenile Sentences, Jackson v. Hobbs, Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice, Crime News
Jason Baldwin

In 1994, I was sentenced to juvenile life without parole for a crime I did not commit. Had my life not changed last year, I would have died there. I don't want my country to tell any child that he or she is irredeemable.

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Michigan Recalculates Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Life Without Parole, Npr, Efren Paredes Jr, Attorney General, Juvenile Justice, Michael Sepic, Tirtza Even, Michigan, Ruling, Stuart Friedman, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Sayre Quevedo This week's 5-4 Supreme...

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Supreme Court Provides Additional Safeguards for Largely Poor and Black Youthful Offenders

Joy Moses | Posted 08.28.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Life Without Parole, Youth Offenders, Crime, Scotus, Life in Prison, Supreme Court Decisions, Black Voices News
Joy Moses

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court took a new step in protecting juvenile offenders. In Miller v. Alabama it ruled that states could not mandate life without the possibility of parole sentences for youth involved in homicide cases.

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Mike Sacks

Justices Strike Down Life Without Parole For Teens Convicted Of Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 06.25.2012 | Politics
Read More: Life Without Parole, Arkansas, Supreme Court, Juvenile Life Without Parole, Chief Justice John Roberts, Alabama, Video, Miller v. Alabama, Jlwop, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Jackson v. Hobbs, Stephen Breyer, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday abolished the imposition of mandatory sentences of life without parole for all juveniles convicted of murder...

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Latent Effects of Capital Punishment

Michael Santos | Posted 08.11.2012 | Crime
Read More: Life Without Parole, US Supreme Court, Harsh Punishment, Death Penalty, Lwop, Crime News
Michael Santos

I used to wonder about my judge's rationale when he imposed a term that would keep me confined for decades despite my not having had a history of violence or previous incarceration.

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Mike Sacks

Supreme Court Takes On Life-Without-Parole Sentence For Teens Convicted Of Murder

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Life Without Parole, Arkansas, Supreme Court, Juvenile Life Without Parole, Chief Justice John Roberts, Alabama, Video, Miller v. Alabama, Jlwop, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Jackson v. Hobbs, Stephen Breyer, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In 2005, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for minors no matter how heinous the crime. In 2010, the justices drew the same line...

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Public Safety, Innocence and Cost: Replacing the Death Penalty is California's Only Viable Option

Byron Williams | Posted 02.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: California Executions, Life Without Parole, California Economy, Death Penalty, California, Politics News
Byron Williams

If any good has come out of California's current economic challenges, it has been that pragmatism may have overtaken emotionalism in our public discourse.

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An Innocent Man on Death Row

Eva Paterson | Posted 02.05.2012 | Crime
Read More: Life Without Parole, Equal Justice Society, Death Penalty, Anthony Graves, Texas Death Row, Eva Paterson, Crime News
Eva Paterson

Anthony Graves, father of three and an African American man with no violent past, was on death row in Texas for more than a decade. We talked with Anthony about his long fight for freedom and his work to replace the death penalty with life without parole.

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The Death Penalty: Questionable Evidence for Deterrence

Paul Heroux | Posted 11.08.2011 | Crime
Read More: Capital Punishment, Statistics, Research, Crime, Troy Davis Execution, Elections 2012, American Justice System, Criminal Justice, Innocence Project, Innocence, Rick Perry, Criminal Justice Reform, Deterrence, Life Without Parole, Politics, Rick Perry 2012, Death Penalty, Crime Prevention, Justice, Troy Davis, Crime News
Paul Heroux

The death penalty is about as divisive an issue as abortion or gun control. Studies are offered by proponents and opponents to both support and condemn both sides of each issue. It is therefore imperative to assess and critique the quality, reliability and validity of the studies.

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'We Are Breaking Our Faith With Victims If We Pass This Measure'

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.26.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: California sb9, Life Without Parole for Minors, sb9 Defeated, Juvenile Convictions, California Life Without Parole, Minors in Jail, sb9, Life With No Parole, Juvenile Justice System, SB 9, Ca Juvenile Convictions, Life Without Parole, Minors in Prison, sb9 Assembly, Ca sb9, San Francisco News

On Friday, the state Assembly defeated Senator Leland Yee's SB9 — a controversial bill that would have offered some offenders a chance at eventual...

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SB 490: Let the Voters Make an Informed Decision

James Clark | Posted 10.03.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Death Penalty, California Death Penalty, California Budget Crisis, Sb 490, Life Without Parole, Death Penalty Costs, Death Penalty Repeal, Los Angeles News
James Clark

No one is surprised to learn that California's death penalty is a broken and dysfunctional system. The question is: how do we fix it?

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The Myth of California's Death Penalty

James Clark | Posted 09.12.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: California Budget, Death Penalty, California Death Penalty, California Budget Crisis, Sb 490, Life Without Parole, Death Row, Loni Hancock, Court of Appeals, Los Angeles News
James Clark

California's sudden drop in death sentences and the momentum to replace the death penalty with a real public safety solution didn't just crop up out of nowhere. They're the result of the death penalty's myths being exposed.

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Abolishing Juvenile Life Without Parole in California

Patricia Foulkrod | Posted 08.01.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Parole, Prison Reform, Life Without Parole, Juvenile Life Without Parole, Juvenile Crime, California Budget Cuts, Juvenile Justice Reform, Prisoner Rehabilitation, Juvenile Justice, Los Angeles News
Patricia Foulkrod

Over 2,500 prisoners are serving juvenile life without parole in America. They were convicted at age 15, 16, 17, 18 -- and they will die in prison regardless of how well they live their lives while incarcerated.

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Addicted to Incarceration

Sam Slovick | Posted 07.31.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Supreme Court, Incarceration, Prison, LA County Sheriff, Crime, Lapd, Senate, California, Life Without Parole, Juvenile Offenders, Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles News
Sam Slovick

A sharp divide in the recent Supreme Court ruling ordering California to drastically reduce its prison population represents a deeper national division.

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Community Justice, Not Criminal Justice

Kaile Shilling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Juveniles, California, Prevention, Life-Without-Parole, Juvenile Justice System, California State Legislature, Los Angeles, Juvenile Justice, Los Angeles News
Kaile Shilling

In rejecting the ban on juvenile life without parole sentences the California State Assembly missed an opportunity to bring our state into line with the rest of the Western world.

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Supreme Court Bans Life Sentences Without Parole For Some Teen Criminals

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Parole, Life Without Parole, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Juvenile Crime, Teen Crime, Crime, Life Without Parole Bans, Juvenile Sentencing Laws, Sentencing Laws, Teen Sentencing Laws, US Supreme Court Juvenile Sentences, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone. B...

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Juvenile Justice and Race: An Uphill Climb to the Bottom

James Bell | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Expanding Opportunity And Hope For Children In America

Nahal Zamani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corporal Punishment, Aclu, Life-Without-Parole, Education, Un, Children, Politics News
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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Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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