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Guest Voz: Latino inmate sentenced as juvenile speaks out on Supreme Court’s life without parole for youth

Jun 25, 2012, 3:52 PM 1

By Efren Paredes, Jr. LatinaLista (Editor’s note: Efren Paredes, Jr. is a Michigan prisoner sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile in 1989. Learn more about Efren) Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion abolishing life without…

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Guest Voz: Mental health professionals join campaign to stop sentencing juveniles to Life Without Parole

Sep 25, 2009, 9:30 AM 7

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…