Juvenile sentencing in the US is barbaric, racist, and ineffective | Rattling the Bars
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\\u201cThe United States is the only country in the world that permits youth to be sentenced to life without parole,\\u201d the Juvenile Law Center notes. \\u201cSentencing children to die in prison is condemned by international law. For children or adults, a sentence of life without parole is cruel, inhumane, and denies the individual\\u2019s humanity. For children, the sentence also defies law and research confirming that youth are different than adults and must be treated differently by our legal system.\\u201d While many individual states have banned the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole, 22 states still permit it, and the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court has shown a troubling openness to overturning past precedents regarding juvenile sentencing. Abd\\u2019Allah Wali Lateef, Deputy Director with the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, joins Rattling the Bars to talk about the sordid history behind youth sentencing practices in the US and about the state of the fight to end juvenile life without parole.
Abd\\u2019Allah Wali Lateef is Deputy Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. In spite of being condemned to life without possibility of parole at 17 years of age\\u2014and without hope or expectation of ever being released from prison\\u2014Lateef devoted himself to personal and collective transformation, serving as a mentor, religious advisor, faith leader, and reform advocate. He also studied legal jurisprudence and worked as a paralegal at Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc. Lateef was released from prison in the fall of 2017.
Studio: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino
Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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