qwerty
02-25-2006, 07:34 PM
Never underestimate the power of a few committed individuals...
The Denver Post's series on juvenile lifers they talk about here has inspired new legislation to give kids a shot a parole... Right on!
-Q
02/25/2006 1:00 AM MST
Reducing sentences for teens
By Bob Ewegen
Denver Post reporters Miles Moffeit and Kevin Simpson did a signal service with their four-part series on the state's flawed juvenile justice system this week. But their tales of teenagers sentenced to life without parole chronicle just part of the human and financial cost of our legislature's habit of valuing bombast over reality in Colorado's Draconian sentencing laws.
Full article: http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3544603
The Denver Post's series on juvenile lifers they talk about here has inspired new legislation to give kids a shot a parole... Right on!
-Q
02/25/2006 1:00 AM MST
Reducing sentences for teens
By Bob Ewegen
Denver Post reporters Miles Moffeit and Kevin Simpson did a signal service with their four-part series on the state's flawed juvenile justice system this week. But their tales of teenagers sentenced to life without parole chronicle just part of the human and financial cost of our legislature's habit of valuing bombast over reality in Colorado's Draconian sentencing laws.
Full article: http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3544603