Perspective
Feb. 11, 2016
LWOP ruling particularly important in California
Today in California, there are more than 300 prisoners serving life without parole sentences as well as more than 6,000 with lengthy sentences all for crimes they committed as children. By Frankie Guzman
Frankie Guzman
Senior Director of Youth Justice at the National Center for Youth Law, where he leads a team of attorneys, policy advocates, and community organizers to transform youth justice systemsThe U.S. Supreme Court has once again affirmed that children are different and should be treated differently by our criminal justice system. The question remains when will we make the systemic changes necessary to catch up to what we, and the court, clearly know?
On Jan. 25, the court decided in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 14-280, as it had in Miller, Roper and Graham, that children under th...
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