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The US imposes life sentences on minors? Do I read that right or am I misreading this comment?
by leononame 3y ago
The US imposes life sentences on minors? Do I read that right or am I misreading this comment?
- piperswe 3y agoYou read it right, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_the_United_States#Minors_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_the_Unite...
- frob 3y agoYes. And not only life sentences, but life sentences without the possibility of parole. For minors. We are literally the only country that does it. It is a heinous and barbaric practice. And, like all of our mass incarceration system, is it vastly disproportionatly applied to Black children. We are a backwards country in many, many ways. https://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/juvenile-life-without-parole-an-overview/ https://www.sentencingproject.org/policy-brief/juvenile-life...
- frob 3y agoWe also executed juvenile offenders until 2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juveniles_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_juvenil...