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| Bill to eliminate life sentences for youths |
| By San Jose Mercury News |
| Published: 01/15/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - Sara K. says that if she was freed from prison she would try to help children who find themselves in the terrible circumstances she had to endure as a young teen. But Sara does not expect to ever be free. She is among 227 people in California serving life sentences without parole for crimes committed when they were ages 14 to 17. Her crime? At 16, she killed her 31-year-old pimp, who steered her into prostitution over three years. "I definitely know I deserve punishment," Sara, now 29, said in an interview taped by the group Human Rights Watch. "But I'm going to die here." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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