Juvenile Offenders
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Adolescents and Life Without Parole
Blogs —
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The United States Supreme Court is presently discussing whether it is or is not appropriate to condemn and adolescent who has committed a crime to life imprisonment without parole. A decision in 2005 has already abolished the death penalty for juveniles. In commenting on these matters, the psychologist Laurence ...2 days ago -
Why It Is So Important to Have Women On the Supreme Court
Mother Talkers —
Authority: 140
Well, there are a lot of reasons we should have more women on the U.S. Supreme Court, but I was recently struck by the difference in questioning by the two women and the seven male justices deciding whether it was okay to lock up juvenile offenders for life without parole -- even when they dont kill anybody. The ...5 days ago -
Weighing Life in Prison for Youths Who Didn’t Kill
Death Penalty News —
Authority: 483
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. All are in the United States. And 77 of them are here in Florida. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear appeals from two ...1 week ago -
Iran: Three Men Await Execution for Alleged Homosexual Conduct When Minors
Death Penalty News —
Authority: 483
"Killing people for what they did as minors is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent. The Iranian government has flouted its most basic human rights obligations in allowing these cruel death sentences," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa ...1 week ago -
It Is Choas! Lib Versus Lib In San Francisco!
American Conservative Daily —
Authority: 503
Life is rough out there on the left. And Heaven help you if you are not as far to the left as those up the food chain from you. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a man no one would ever accuse of being reasonable on a consistent basis and about as far to the left as many people thought the city would ever see, is ...3 weeks ago -
Juveniles and the Supreme Court
The Gavel —
Authority: 118
Cases involving criminal charges against juveniles have been around for a long time. Last weeks edition of Newsweek Magazine contained an article penned by a former juvenile offender. Please take a look at it here . The author, Raphael Johnson, points to two current cases coming before the supreme court ...3 weeks ago -
Iran Lawyer Seeks Cash to Spare Young on Death Row
Death Penalty News —
Authority: 483
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian human rights lawyer has launched an appeal for money to help avert the executions of juvenile offenders in the Islamic Republic, saying $200,000 (121,000 pounds) could spare the lives of four young people now on death row. Under Irans Islamic law, sharia, the family of a murder victim ...3 weeks ago -
Iran: Five hanged in Tehrans Evin prison
Death Penalty News —
Authority: 483
Iran Human Rights, October 21: According to reliable sources in Iran, Soheila Ghadiri (female) and four men were executed in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning. According to the same sources, execution of minor offender Safar Angooti was postponed for one month. Soheila Ghadiri (30) was convicted of ...3 weeks ago -
Behnoud Shojaee, aged 21, was executed in Evin prison, Tehran, at dawn on 11 October 2009
Death Penalty News —
Authority: 483
Iranian male juvenile Behnoud Shojaee (pictured left), aged 21, was executed in Evin prison, Tehran, at dawn on 11 October. He had been convicted of murder, and the family of his victim refused to pardon him. Another male juvenile, 20-year-old Safar Angooti, also convicted of murder, is due to be executed some time ...4 weeks ago
