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Yes. 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 hei
by frob 3y ago
Yes. 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...