Ending Juvenile Life Without Parole
Convincing New Mexico to stop sentencing children to die in prison required us to let go of “us” versus “them” politics.
10 posts in ‘extreme sentences’
Convincing New Mexico to stop sentencing children to die in prison required us to let go of “us” versus “them” politics.
I rejected a plea deal and chose instead to go to trial. I would not understand until too late that I had placed a target on my back.
A decade of victimization landed a Harlem kid in prison. More than three decades later, he has not allowed prison to define his life story.
Once a person is imprisoned, indigent defense stops. But the gravity of mass incarceration demands legal representation to the very end.
A PBS series on reentry is exposing audiences to how people leaving prison grow, heal, and thrive despite their past.
Most reentry programs assume a person who is able to work and live on their own. Those of us who are older don’t have that kind of freedom.
People condemned to die in prison are telling the world about it—and fighting to free one another in the process.
Life-without-parole sentences hit families especially hard. Yet they fight on, committed to their loved ones’ freedom.
The Visiting Room Project offers an intimate glimpse into the stories of Louisianians serving life without parole.
Millions rallied behind Adnan Syed, whom the system gave a second look. Many others serving extreme sentences deserve a second look, too.