Equal Justice Initiative (www.eji.org)

Media

News

CBS Sunday Morning: Worthy of a Second Chance? [1]

CNN: Life in Prison for Teens, 03/18/10 [2]

NPR: The Teen Brain: It's Just Not Grown Up Yet, 03/01/10 [3]

ABC News: Missouri Sets New Standard for Juvenile Detention, 09/09/09 [4]

MSNBC: Second Chances, 09/07/09 [5]

CNN: Teens Locked Up for Life Without a Second Chance, 04/08/09 [6]

St. Petersburg Times: Sentenced to Life, Unintentionally, 03/02/09 [7]

New York Times: A Life Term for Rape at 13 - Cruel and Unusual? 02/03/09 [8]

U. Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class: Death By Incarceration as a Cruel and Unusual Punishment When Applied to Juveniles, 2009 [9]

Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Cruel and Unusual - Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison, 08/05/08 [10]

Reuters: Dozens of Children in U.S. Face Life in Prison, 05/21/08 [11]

Pacifica Radio: Children Sentenced to Die in Prison, 03/26/08 [12]

Birmingham News: Alabama Among 19 States Where Teens Get Life, No Parole, 10/18/07 [13]

Philadelphia Daily News: Kids Behind Bars, For Life, 10/26/07 [14]

New York Times: Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance, 10/17/07 [15]

NPR: Report Compares Teen Sentencing Around the World, 10/17/07 [16]

ABC News: Broken Promises: The Challenge of Juvenile Justice, 05/17/07 [17]

Opinion

Miami Herald: Draconian Sentences for Kids Need Fix [18]

Detroit Free Press: Change the Juvenile Lifer Law, 05/04/09 [19]

Child Watch Column by Marian Wright Edelman: Sentencing Children to Die in Prison, 08/15/08 [20]

The Toledo Blade: It's Cruel to Sentence Teens Ages 13, 14 to Die in Prison, 07/26/08 [21]

Birmingham News Letter: Shouldn't Throw Away Kids Before They Mature, Not Even Ashley Jones, 11/25/07 [22]

Baltimore Sun: Too Young to Die in Prison, 10/23/07 [23]

Birmingham News: From Puberty to the Grave, 10/22/07 [24]

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Children in Prison: Locked-up Forever, 10/19/07 [25]

On the Web

Sentencing Law and Policy Blog: Does Roper Suggest Young Juve LWOP Is Unconstitutional? 10/23/07 [26]

Source URL: http://www.eji.org/childrenprison/deathinprison/media

Links:
[1] http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6489113n&tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea
[2] http://www.eji.org/node/375
[3] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124119468
[4] http://eji.org/eji/files/09.09.09%20ABC%20News%20-%20MO%20Sets%20New%20Std%20for%20Juv%20Detn.pdf
[5] http://eji.org/eji/files/09.07.09%20MSNBC%20-%20Second%20Chances.pdf
[6] http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/08/teens.life.sentence/
[7] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/03.02.09%20St%20Pburg%20Times%20Kenneth%20Young.pdf
[8] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/us/03bar.html?hp
[9] http://eji.org/eji/files/Johnson%20and%20Tabriz%20-%20Death%20by%20Incarceration%202009.pdf
[10] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/08.05.08%20BAS%20Article%20CICJ.pdf
[11] http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKN1045443520080321?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
[12] http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=2507
[13] http://www.eji.org/node/231
[14] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/10.26.07%20Philadelphia%20Daily%20News%20-%20Kids%20Behind%20Bars,%20For%20Life.pdf
[15] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/us/17teenage.html?hp
[16] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15377343&sc=emaf&sc=emaf
[17] http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3183886&page=1
[18] http://www.eji.org/node/278
[19] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/05.04.09%20Detroit%20Free%20Press%20OpEd.pdf
[20] http://eji.org/eji/files/08.15.08%20Edelman%20Col%20-%20Sentencing%20Children%20to%20Die%20in%20Prison.pdf
[21] http://eji.org/eji/files/07.26.08%20Toledo%20Blade%20OpEd%20-%20It's%20cruel%20to%20sentence%20teens%20ages%2013,%2014%20to%20die%20in%20prison.pdf
[22] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/BAS%20Letter%20to%20B'ham%20News%20%2011%2025%2007%20%20Shouldn't%20Throw%20Away%20Kids%20Before%20They%20Mature;%20Not%20Even%20Ashley%20Jones.pdf
[23] http://www.eji.org/eji/files/CDIP%20Report%20Page%20Baltimore%20Sun%20Too%20Young%20to%20Die%20in%20Prison.pdf
[24] http://www.eji.org/node/232
[25] http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/336139_prisoned.html
[26] http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2007/10/does-roper-sugg.html