Reconsider plight of juvenile lifers
Posted: November 16, 2009 at 2:13 a.m.
It was a remarkable coincidence. While the U.S. Supreme Court this week was considering whether teenage criminals deserve to be sentenced to life in prison without parole in cases that do not involve homicide, three South Florida teens were charged as adults for setting fire to another teenager.
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Editorial, Pages 10 on 11/16/2009
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