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Another Look at Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders

By Jeralyn, Section Juvenile Offenders
Posted on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 01:10:00 AM EST
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There are more and more articles these days questioning the wisdom of life without parole for juvenile offenders who commit violent crimes.

A recent sampling from this weekend:

And from last week,

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    Legal theory question (none / 0) (#1)
    by joejoejoe on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 03:22:19 AM EST
    It seems legally inconsistent to subject juvenille offenders to adult punishment without ever granting juvenille non-offenders adult rights like the right to vote. How is this inconsistency justified in the law?

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