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| Teen lifers spur parole debate |
| By New York Times |
| Published: 10/19/2007 |
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ALABAMA - In December, the United Nations took up a resolution calling for the abolition of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for children and young teenagers. The vote was 185-1, with the United States the lone dissenter. Indeed, the United States stands alone in the world in convicting young adolescents as adults and sentencing them to live out their lives in prison. According to a new report, there are 73 Americans serving such sentences for crimes they committed at 13 or 14. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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