Fewer juveniles are being sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to a new study by a public interest law firm that is advocating for an end to the practice altogether.
“Only a handful of counties and states are responsible for nearly all [juvenile life without parole] sentences,” the Phillips Black Project concluded in its report. “Youth of color are gravely overrepresented in the [juvenile life without parole] population, raising questions about the rationality of the punishment.”
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