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Yesterday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled that before youth can be sentenced to life without parole, the state bears a high burden of establishing they are permanently incorrigible.

LGBTQ youth are over-represented in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. The federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention estimates that LGBTQ youth are approximately 7% of the population generally but 13-15% of those in the juvenile justice system.

“What we won is really fundamental to giving these kids a fair shot, and also to really enforcing Miller and Montgomery in Pennsylvania,” said Marsha

In so doing, the high court underscored a string of federal rulings that have revolutionized the way that juveniles who commit the most serious of

In so doing, the high court underscored a string of federal rulings that have revolutionized the way that juveniles who commit the most serious of

Batts’ attorney Marsha Levick called the decision Monday a “very strong win” for Batts. A previous appeal was unsuccessful, but this decision means he’ll be

Brendan Dassey, who was convicted with Avery in a later murder, has been exonerated by a federal appeals court.

“This is the most severe and damaging type of solitary confinement that is used in the American penal system. Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement