There are currently almost 2,500 people serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed before age 18. Fifty-nine percent received their sentences for their first-ever criminal conviction. Sixteen percent were between 13 and 15 when they committed their crimes, and 26 percent were sentenced under a felony murder charge where their offenses did not involve carrying a weapon or pulling a trigger.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/op...2juvenile.html

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There is a bill up in Michigan for the sentencing of Juveniles to life sentences. I hope, for my pen pals sake, that they seriously consider passing this bill.

A great post.

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