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I just hope the Liberals on this Board are never actually mugged by reality. Because their delusions & fantasies would disappear instantly. When brutality actually hits you or your family,it really does shatter a lot of previously held convictions. People really do enjoy preaching about being intellectually superior and enlightened when they're sitting on the sidelines never experiencing brutal crimes themselves. It makes them feel good about themselves. But reality will wake you up. Lots of very bad people out there. Just hope & pray they never target you.
Sorry, life without parole is too much for minors. Obviously. Not too much to ask.
Damn commie furriners are sure to not ask ANYTHING like too much. They are familiar with our batshytte crazy, xenophobic, ignorant, arrogant, violent,1/2 racist, ugly 'Merican Pub dupes LOL. More medication!
I was mugged by the West Side Bicycle Thief, a crack head with a gun who pistol whipped a bunch of people. You?
No. Idiot. It's either life without parole or letting them out, Rush/Glenn?
So in short? YOU wish to cave to world opinion and give up Soverignty?US must stop jailing minors for life, says Amnesty. Amnesty says severe sentences for young offenders often do not take account of mitigating factors Amnesty International has called for the US to stop sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole.
More than 2,500 adults are in US jails for crimes committed as a child - under current rules they will never be freed.
In its new report, Amnesty says the practice is incompatible with the basic principles of juvenile justice.
The US and Somalia are the only two countries not to have ratified a UN convention that bans life in jail without parole for under-18 year olds.
'Potential for rehabilitation'
Amnesty says offenders as young as 11 have faced such sentences in the US.
"In the USA, people under 18 years old cannot vote, buy alcohol, lottery tickets or consent to most forms of medical treatment," said Natacha Mension, of the human rights group.
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AMNESTY CASE STUDY
Christi Cheramie was jailed for life without parole in 1994 in Louisiana when she was 16 years old. She was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of her 18-year-old fiance's great aunt. Cheramie says he did it.
She says she pleaded guilty just before her trial in an adult court began to avert a potential death sentence. A psychiatrist who saw Cheramie before trial said she seemed "fearful of crossing" her fiance. Her childhood was marked by sexual abuse. At age 13, she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic after suicide attempts.
In 2001, Cheramie tried to withdraw her guilty plea, but the request was denied. Now 33, she has a high-school equivalency diploma and a degree in agricultural studies. A warden says Cheramie is "worthy of a second chance". She is applying to the state prison board for executive clemency.
"But they can be sentenced to die in prison for their actions. This needs to change."
More than half of US states have approved the use of mandatory life sentences without parole for some serious crimes, such as murder.
The US Supreme Court has already acted on some aspects of youth sentencing - and a review is underway.
In May last year it banned sentences of life without parole for minors in non-murder cases.
Earlier this month, it agreed to consider the issue in relation to homicide cases, too; a decision is not expected until next year.
Amnesty's report, This is where I'm going to be when I die, says such sentences are handed down without considering factors such as history of abuse or mental health.
"We are not excusing crimes committed by children or minimizing their consequences, but the simple reality is that these sentences ignore the special potential for rehabilitation and change that young offenders have," said Ms Mension.
Amnesty wants the US to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been in force for two decades.
It prohibits the imposition of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for any offence committed by under-18-year-olds.
BBC News - US must stop jailing minors for life, says Amnesty
I'm tired of over enthusiastic prosecution, draconian punishments, and horrible defense lawyers, etc.
New Guinea is the other country without Parental Leave...Thanks Elitist megarich pubs, and of course the brainwashed dupes....
USA and SOMALIA alone do this. A disgrace, dupes. No matter who said it. I'll go with AI over an ignorant lynch mob, thanks...
USA and SOMALIA alone do this. A disgrace, dupes. No matter who said it. I'll go with AI over an ignorant lynch mob, thanks...
Life without parole is bs for under 18. But thanks for the black helicopter update, brainwashed xenophobe ignorant Ugly 'Mericans...lol
Life without parole is bs for under 18. But thanks for the black helicopter update, brainwashed xenophobe ignorant Ugly 'Mericans...lol
I'm still waiting for you to provide evidence for your claim that liberals have IQs 10 points higher then conservatives.
Save the bloated rich, blame the victims, lock up the children without chance of parole. Pub dupes!! The GOP is a disgrce and you morons too lol. Change the channel. God will not be amused.
After 30 years of Voodoo: worst min. wage, work conditions, illegal work safeguards, vacations, work week, college costs, rich/poor gap, upward social mobility, % homeless and in prison EVAH, and in the modern world!! And you complain about the victims? Are you an idiot or an A-hole?
