Friday, November 6, 2009

Life sentences for juveniles


Newsweek

Iraq doesn't do it. North Korea considers it a cruel form of punishment. But in the United States sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole is legal.

But on November 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up two cases involving juvenile offenders in Florida who claim their life sentences for rape and robbery violate the cruel-and-unusual-punishment clauses of the Constitution.

There are about 2,500 juveniles (ranging in age from 13 to 17) currently sentenced to life in prison in the United States. No other country in the world currently has adolescents serving this sentence, reports the Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic. [...]

2 comments:

  1. Ben Sorer gets a death punishment if he is between 13 years & 13 years & 3 months.
    So juveniles do get their punishment.
    But what are the 14 - 17 year olds doing in prison?

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  2. Ben Sorer is between 13 years & 13 years & 3 months when he gets his death penalty.
    So juveniles do get their punishments.
    But what are the 14 to 17 year olds doing in prison?

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