Lawmakers Rethinking Hard Line on Sentencing of Young Offenders. Nancy Bartley.
by Bartley, Nancy; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 35Family. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Bills -- Legislative | Brain -- Research | Judicial discretion | Juvenile delinquency | Juvenile justice -- Administration of | Prison sentencesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "After a crackdown in the 1990s that saw many teenagers sent to adult prisons for violent crimes such as murder, lawmakers in this [Washington] and other states are reconsidering their earlier hard line. Bolstered by ongoing and recent medical and scientific studies of early brain development, many in the criminal-justice system are taking the position that juveniles should not necessarily be doomed to long prison terms for crimes they committed when their brains were not yet fully wired--when they may have been too young to control their impulses, make sound decisions or grasp the significance of their actions." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses proposed legislation in Washington state that would give judges increased latitude in sentencing juvenile offenders.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Lawmakers Rethinking Hard Line on Sentencing of Young Offenders, April 14, 2005; pp. A1+.
"After a crackdown in the 1990s that saw many teenagers sent to adult prisons for violent crimes such as murder, lawmakers in this [Washington] and other states are reconsidering their earlier hard line. Bolstered by ongoing and recent medical and scientific studies of early brain development, many in the criminal-justice system are taking the position that juveniles should not necessarily be doomed to long prison terms for crimes they committed when their brains were not yet fully wired--when they may have been too young to control their impulses, make sound decisions or grasp the significance of their actions." (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article discusses proposed legislation in Washington state that would give judges increased latitude in sentencing juvenile offenders.
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