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  • 020932

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  • Published 2005.
  • 167 pages.

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The Rest of Their Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Results from the first national analysis of life without parole for U.S. juveniles are presented. This report is comprised of nine sections: executive summary; recommendations; background -- youth on trial; sentencing of children to life without parole; the difference between youth and adults; life without parole in adult prison; life without parole under U.S. law; just sentences for youth -- international human rights law; and conclusion -- life without parole and the purposes of criminal punishment. Letters from five U.S. youth serving life without parole sentences are also provided.
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