Juvenile Law Center has announced that a partial settlement with a second set of defendants has been reached in the Luzerne County juvenile-court civil litigation.
Over on The Huffington Post's blog, Juvenile Law Center Staff Attorney Emily Keller and Steve Drizin, Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, explain why felony murder statutes and their accompanying harsh prison sentences should not apply to children and teens, given that scientific research shows they are less able than adults to understand and assess risks.
Thanks to a federal ruling yesterday, three Pennsylvania inmates, convicted of murder offenses they committed as juveniles and sentenced to life without parole, will be able to petition the federal district court to reconsider their sentences.
