This is interesting -- a group of law school students wrote this bill to give juveniles sentenced to life a chance for parole.

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Bill redeems model inmates locked up as kids

A proposed law advocates a chance at parole.

By MEG LAUGHLIN, Times Staff Writer
Published January 2, 2008

Charlton Young visits his uncle, inmate Kenneth Young, at the Lake Correctional Institution in Clermont. Kenneth Young, now 22, was arrested at age 15 for praticipating in robberies.
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In Florida prisons, 122 inmates are serving life sentences for crimes they committed before the age of 16. Some of these kids murdered someone. Some weren't even holding a weapon.

They have something in common: They will never get out.

Kenneth Young is one of these inmates. At 14, he was part of a three-week binge of armed robberies around Tampa Bay. But at 22 he is not the same person that he was when he went to prison.

Read the full story:
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/02/State/Bill_redeems_model_in.shtml

This is interesting -- a group of law school students wrote this bill to give juveniles sentenced to life a chance for parole.



Excellent article, although I found the comments posted below, were also very enlightening, with one exception, regular readers were agreeing that LWOP for juveniles was harsh and too extreme. Nice to see a reasoned and balanced discussion taking place for once... thanks for posting this Qwerty :thumbsup: