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| Calif. a leader in life sentences for youths |
| By Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 11/19/2007 |
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CALIFORNIA - California has sentenced more juveniles to life in prison without possibility of parole than any state in the nation except Pennsylvania, according to a new study by the University of San Francisco's Center for Law and Global Justice. California currently has 227 inmates serving such sentences for crimes committed before they turned 18; Pennsylvania has 433. The study, titled "Sentencing Children to Die in Prison," also found that the United States has far more juveniles serving life terms than any other country -- 2,387 at present -- with Israel running a distant second at 7. Israel, the only other country that imprisons juveniles for life, according to the study, has not issued such a sentence since 2004. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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