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When I die, they'll send me home : youth sentenced to life without parole in California / Human Rights Watch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Back, Christine.
- Series:
- Human Rights Watch. G ; v. 20, no. 1.
- Human Rights Watch ; vol. 20 no. 1(G)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile detention--California.
- Juvenile detention.
- Juvenile corrections--California.
- Juvenile corrections.
- Life imprisonment--California.
- Life imprisonment.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of--California.
- Juvenile justice, Administration of.
- Prisoners--Civil rights.
- California.
- Prisoners--Civil rights--California.
- Prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 100 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- United States : when I die, they'll send me home
- Youth sentenced to life without parole in California
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Human Rights Watch, 2008.
- Summary:
- Methodology -- Recommendations -- To the Governor of California -- To the California State Legislature -- To state and county officials -- To state judges -- To California District Attorneys -- To defense attorneys -- Teenagers sentenced to die in California prisons -- Why youth are serving life without parole in California -- Crimes that result in a life without parole sentence -- Unjust results -- Many youth sentenced to life without parole did not actually kill -- The worst racial disparity in the nation -- County sentencing practices differ -- Influence of peers -- Adult codefendants -- Legal representation that compromises justice -- The late teens and early twenties : a dramatic period for personal growth -- Teens' unique potential for change -- Personal experience of change -- Life inside prison -- Fear and violence -- Barriers to rehabilitative opportunities -- The financial cost of sentencing youth to life without parole in California -- The perspectives of victims -- What those serving life without parole want to say to the families of their victims.
- Contents:
- Summary
- Methodology
- Recommendations
- To the Governor of California
- To the California State Legislature
- To state and county officials
- To state judges
- To California District Attorneys
- To defense attorneys
- Teenagers sentenced to die in California prisons
- Why youth are serving life without parole in California
- Crimes that result in a life without parole sentence
- Unjust results
- Many youth sentenced to life without parole did not actually kill
- The worst racial disparity in the nation
- County sentencing practices differ
- Influence of peers
- Adult codefendants
- Legal representation that compromises justice
- The late teens and early twenties : a dramatic period for personal growth
- Teens' unique potential for change
- Personal experience of change
- Life inside prison
- Fear and violence
- Barriers to rehabilitative opportunities
- The financial cost of sentencing youth to life without parole in California
- The perspectives of victims
- What those serving life without parole want to say to the families of their victims.
- Notes:
- "January 2008."
- Cover title.
- "This report was written and researched by Christine Back ... and Elizabeth Calvin."--P. 73
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 192006236
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