By Soyenixe Lopez Cronkite News WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene in a case that overturned Arizona’s voter-approved ban on bail for criminal defendants who are in this country illegally. The high court denied an…
LatinaLista — The debate over whether to try children as adults is intensifying as more children are committing deadly and heinous crimes. In the United States today, more than 2,500 individuals are serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed…
LatinaLista — There’s a saying that says “You do the crime, you do the time.” For thousands of teens and young adults who make one stupid mistake in their lives, or even a series of petty, irresponsible mistakes, they…
LatinaLista — Nationwide, there are more than 2,200 juveniles serving sentences of life without parole. That figure includes dozens of children as young as 13 years old. Four years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that executing…
By David Shern, Ph.D., President and CEO, Mental Health America The fall term of the Supreme Court begins on October 5, 2009. Among the cases on the docket to be argued are two dealing with life without parole for…
