Tag Archive for: Abd’Allah Lateef

What’s the Meaning of “Life” When Sentencing Kids?
Say you’re a teenager who has committed a serious crime, and a judge is about to sentence you to prison for a very long time.
How long a sentence would the judge have to hand down for it to feel essentially the same as being sent to prison…

Juvenile Lifers Struggle to Navigate Reentry After Release
In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles automatically sentenced to life without parole must have a chance for release. But juvenile lifers who left prison say society wasn't prepared for them.
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Justice in America, Episode 13: Juvenile Justice
America has one of the harshest juvenile justice systems on the planet. It is the only country in the world that sentences children to life without parole. On this episode, we focus on America’s juvenile justice system: what it looks…