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Opinion: I was a Washtenaw County sheriff. Michigan must ban life sentences for kids.
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLife imprisonment without the possibility of parole is a steep price to pay for adults in the...
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...
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...
The fight to end juvenile life sentences without parole – which only happen in America
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLorenzo Harrell, 46, says he owes society a debt he can never repay, after committing a homicide...
25 years after Thurston High shootings, Kip Kinkel and attorneys file new petitions
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwenty-five years after Kip Kinkel shot and killed his parents and two students at Thurston High...
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...
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 ...
Fort Worth’s biggest stories of 2022: What will you remember most about this year?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoWhat will you remember most about 2022? There certainly were many big headlines in the news, from...
A vape cartridge, a fight, a gun: Teen gets life in prison after fellow 15-year-old slain
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA 15-year-old in Pinal County was sentenced to life in prison in the killing of another 15-year-old,...
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....