Sentencing Youth to Life in Prison

Sentencing Youth to Life in Prison

Justice Denied

Milliken-Boyd, Kathi; Windell, James

Taylor & Francis Ltd

04/2022

156

Dura

Inglês

9781032067193

15 a 20 dias

467

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Introduction; Part I. Children Getting Life; 1. Condemning Children to Die in Prison; Part II. Kathi's Story about Kevin Boyd; 2. Is Adult Prison the Only Answer?; 3. How Did We Get Here?; 4. Kevin Boyd is Sentenced; Part III. Which Juveniles Receive Life Sentences?; 5. Assessing Juvenile Lifers; 6. Who Gets Sentenced to Life Without Parole?; 7. The Supreme Court Gets Involved; Part IV. The Voices of the Victims; 8. Justice for Victims; 9. Victims and Restorative Justice; Part V. The Prosecuting Attorneys; 10. Resistance to Understanding and Compassion; 11. Miller and the Prosecutors; Part VI. Juveniles in Prison; 12. The Rarest of the Rare: Who Deserves Life Without Parole?; 13. What Happens to Juveniles in Adult Prisons?; Part VII. Why Do We Treat Vulnerable Youth So Harshly?; 14. Why do We Treat Kids So Badly?; Part VIII. Justice Reform; 15. Where Do We Go from Here?
Juvenile justice;Youthful offenders;Delinquency;Juvenile lifers;Life Without Parole (LWOP);Eighth Amendment;Cruel and unusual punishment;Fair sentencing;Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY);Miller v. Alabama;Montgomery v. Louisiana;Juvenile Life;Parole Sentence;Juvenile Court;Adult Prison;Young Man;Adult Courts;Resentencing Hearings;Violate;Follow;Juvenile Justice System;Supreme Court;Muskegon County;Prosecuting Attorneys;Evan Miller;Held;Reentry Project;Correctional Facilities;Victim's Families;Adult Correctional Facility;Oakland County;Adult Criminal Justice System