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bullet Nebraksa Considers Ban on Juvenile LWOP

bullet US leads world in jailing children for life
Israel, the only other country that imprisons juveniles for life, has seven. - The US has thousands - The Age Online ... a child of any age to LWOP and one sets the bar at eight ...

bullet Sentencing Law and Policy: Does Roper suggest young juve LWOP is ... Life without parole for juvenile may be cruel, but it ... California considering eliminating LWOP for juveniles ... Most juvenile LWOP cases are state cases. ...

bullet FRONTLINE: when kids get life: map - juveniles serving life without parole (LWOP) for crimes they committed as juveniles -- juvenile LWOPs, for ... 50 states and the District of Columbia and one federal juvenile LWOP.

bullet 06 yln Arthur Armstrong Locked away forever: National Center for Juvenile Justice ... juvenile justice experts, families of juveniles serving LWOP sentences, ... is supported by growing public opposition to the use of LWOP on juveniles. ...

bulletUnited States: Thousands of Children Sentenced to Life without Parole

bulletThe Rest of Their Lives
Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States

bulletEfficacy of Harsh Punishments for Teenage Violence
Valparaiso University Law Review by Victor L. Streib

Humans Rights Instuments

bullet United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ("The Beijing Rules"), G.A. res. 40/33, annex, 40 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 53) at 207, U.N. Doc. A/40/53 (1985).
bullet United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines), G.A. res. 45/112, annex, 45 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49A) at 201, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (1990).
bullet United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Rights of the Child, Resolution 2003/86 UN Doc.E/CN.4/ Res/2003/86