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Why Life Without Parole For Juveniles Makes Sense

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

No, it doesn't make sense to me. But it makes sense that they remain in effect based on the fabric of our society, based on "what the public wants," says the government.Yesterday, as every lawyer in the world knows, the United States Supreme Court heard argument on the issue of whether life sentences without parole for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses is a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.There is no question but that we have lost any desire to reform children that have gone astray. Trying juveniles as adults, once a rarity, is now the norm. Seventeen year olds are frequently charged as adults because, well, they're 17.We have no issue as a society locking up people and "throwing away the key...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on November 10, 2009 (boomark / email).