The Forgotten Children Of The American Justice System Why 79 Minors Are Serving Life Sentences Without Any Hope Of Escape

the deepest issue at stake in juvenile life-without-parole sentencing.

A prison sentence can remove freedom.
A life-without-parole sentence removes expectation.

For adults, such punishment already carries enormous moral weight. For children, it introduces another troubling question: what does it mean for society to declare a person permanently irredeemable continue reading …