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They thought they’d die in prison. Now they’re juvenile justice advocates on a mission
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNobody argued that Jose Burgos shouldn’t pay for what he had done. The 16-year-old from southwest...
95 teenagers sentenced to life in NC prisons since 1994. Here’s where things stand.
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFewer young criminal defendants are getting sentenced to life in North Carolina prisons due to a...
'I wish to hear the screams of children': Witness recounts Oxford school shooter's journal
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — Lawyers on Thursday revisited dark, violent evidence in a special hearing to...
He Committed a Double Murder at 16. Does He Deserve to Die in Prison?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoArizona wants to keep Lonnie Allen Bassett locked up for good—despite a Supreme Court ruling that...
This photographer has documented presidents and CEOs. His latest client? Gavin Newsom
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGood morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! NEWSOM EMPLOYS A TOP FLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR OVERSEAS...
Opinion: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling treats murderers as victims
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs Plymouth County District Attorney, and a former longtime member of the Massachusetts Office for...
An apology 47 years in the making: New Orleans ‘juvenile lifer’ who killed 3 men in 1977 is granted...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNearly 50 years after robbing and fatally stabbing three men while high on drugs as a teen in New...
40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids to prison without hope of release, but...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPanic over supposed 'super-predator' teens ended years ago, but its consequences did not....
Legislation re-examines juvenile life-without-parole sentences
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 11—LANSING — More than a decade passed since life without parole sentences for juveniles were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The landmark case Miller v. Alabama held ...
Pensacola 14-year-old charged with 15-year-old's murder will be tried as adult
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Pensacola 14-year-old charged with fatally shooting another teen had his case transferred to adult court Tuesday morning. Remington Crumbs is charged with second-degree murder with a firearm ...