By
Mani Dabiri
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Published
December 2, 2014
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Posted in
Federal and State Criminal Defense, Post-Conviction Defense and Appeals
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Tagged
Tags: cruelandunusual, eighthamendment, juvenilejustice, overcriminalization, punishment, sentencingalternatives, smartoncrime, solitaryconfinement, warondrugs
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While California still tolerates sentences of life without the possibility of parole for juveniles, and Massachusetts has ruled them out entirely, there is variation nationwide in the use of life sentences—with or without the possibility of parole—in all cases and for all people. An interesting, multi-state report by The Sentencing Project identifies a total of 160,000 people as serving life sentences as of 2012, Read More
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