Pennsylvania has an estimated 472 offenders serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for murders they committed as juveniles.
The number is so large that nearly 20 percent of the country’s “juvenile lifers” reside in Pennsylvania, leaving the state at ground zero in the debate about whether killers who committed their offense while under the age of 18 should serve their entire life behind bars.
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