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Michigan looking at its (many) juve life sentences

By Douglas A. Berman

These two new articles in the Detroit News spotlight that "Michigan is among a growing number of states reconsidering whether juveniles should be sentenced to life behind bars with no chance of parole": Mich. to rethink teen life sentence: House committee considers bills amid 'emotional testimony' Teen lifers a burden for state's prisons: Mich. ranks second in number of young killers behind bars Here are parts of the starts of each piece: Teens can be sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole in most states. But Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas have outlawed such sentences. The Michigan House Judiciary Committee is considering bills that would allow those serving such sentences to be considered for parole, or ban such sentences...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 14, 2009 (boomark / email).