YOUNG OFFENDERS LOCKED UP FOR LIFE


	YOUNG OFFENDERS LOCKED UP FOR LIFE

ellington

11-9-2009 7:44 PM

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life, without, parole

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IS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF NON-HOMICIDE CRIMES,

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f5256248-4851-4ede-93a7-56084a7f089c/CC79B924-F77E-4606-95C5-EE82A130C1DF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au" href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au" style="font-size: 11px;">roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><H2 class="entry-title">Young Offenders Locked Up for Life</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/img/B0288691-E3B6-4255-812E-07208856A542" alt="Terrance Graham and Joe Sullivan" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><SPAN class="caption">Terrance Graham, left, at 15 in 2002. He was sentenced to life in prison at 17 for a home invasion robbery. Joe Sullivan, right, at 31 in June 2007. He was convicted at  13 for rape and sentenced in 1989 to life in prison. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><STRONG>Is life without parole cruel and unusual punishment for juvenile offenders convicted of non-homicide crimes?</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><P><STRONG>Marc Mauer</STRONG> of the Sentencing Project and <STRONG>Kent Scheidegger </STRONG>of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation are debating this question today on Room for Debate. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/young-offenders-locked-up-for-life/?8au&emc=au"><P>This morning, the Supreme Court hears arguments on the <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/us/08juveniles.html?hp">cases of Terrance Graham and Joe Sullivan</A>, two prisoners in Florida who were sentenced to life without possibility of parole for crimes they committed as minors. 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