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Questions from a Juvenile Offender
Christopher Hill
My name is Christopher Hill. I have a piece that I want to read called, “Question From a Juvenile Offender.” I had a conversation with a few of my family members about juvenile lifers being… Full Transcript
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Joseph Bigelow
**** my life. I was given life without the possibility of a parole date. Back against this cage, suffering, Knowing we can be judged for mistakes made when we were 20. Forever. Ignorance, far from… Full Transcript
History & Our Connection To It: Part 1
Ra Atem Hotep
This is Part 1 of “History & Our Connection To It.” History is defined as a tale, a story, a chronological record of significant events as affecting a nation or an institution, often including an… Full Transcript
Chained As Children
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles was a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.” Ever since then almost a dozen states have… Full Transcript
Massachusetts Supreme Court Abolishes Life for Children
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The Massachusetts Supreme Court abolishes all life without parole sentences for child defendants. The unthinkable has happened. Massachusetts has recently joined the conservative states of Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming, in abolishing life without parole imprisonment… Full Transcript
What up y’all, it’s me again. What I’m bringing to the audience today is a complicated subject: due process versus moral turpitude. Due process, of course, is one of our fundamental principles of the Constitution,… Full Transcript