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- AB 1276: Protecting Young Adults Entering State Prison
- New US Supreme Court Case on Youth Life without Parole Sentences!
- SB 261: Expanding Youth Offender Parole through Age 22
- SB 382: Changing the criteria used in the most important decision the state makes about a youth
- Senate Bills 260, 261 & AB 1308 – Justice for Youth with Adult Prison Sentences
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- Senate Bill 9 – California Fair Sentencing for Youth
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Futures Denied: Why California Should Not Prosecute 14- and 15-year-olds as Adults
Futures Denied: Why California Should Not Prosecute 14- and 15-year-olds as Adults (PDF) New report by Human Rights Watch and the W. Haywood Burns Institute, August 2018
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Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch Report
The Rest of Our Lives: Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States (PDF) is the first national analysis of life without parole sentences for children
Against All Odds: What youth face in prison when sentenced to life without parole
Human Rights Watch Report on California
When I Die, They'll Send Me Home: Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole in California - 2012 update (PDF) finds that in many cases where juveniles were prosecuted with an adult, the youth received heavier sentences than their adult codefendants.
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