Ponce
30th November 2011, 07:19 PM
Wowwwwwww, did we learn this from those in the state of Israel? or did they learn this from us?
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AI urges US to end child life sentences.
Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:24PM GMT
There are more than 2500 inmates currently serving life sentences in the US prisons for crimes committed as a child. (file photo)Amnesty International has called on the United States authorities to stop sentencing young offenders to life in prison without a possibility of parole.
According to the new report, “This is where I'm going to be when I die,” published on Wednesday, United States is the only country in the world that imposes life sentence on children as young as 11 years old without possibility of release.
The international rights group also urged authorities in the US to review the cases of more than 2500 inmates currently serving in country's prisons for crimes committed as a child, which under current rules they will never be freed.
“In the USA, people under 18 years old cannot vote, buy alcohol, lottery tickets or consent to most forms of medical treatment but they can be sentenced to die in prison for their actions. This needs to change,” Campaigner on the USA at Amnesty International, Natacha Mension said.
The organization also called on the Washington to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which entered into force more than two decades ago.
Life sentences without parole can be imposed on young offenders as a mandatory punishment in the US, without consideration of justifying factors such as history of abuse or trauma, degree of involvement in the crime, mental health status or amenability to rehabilitation.
http://presstv.com/detail/213066.html
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AI urges US to end child life sentences.
Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:24PM GMT
There are more than 2500 inmates currently serving life sentences in the US prisons for crimes committed as a child. (file photo)Amnesty International has called on the United States authorities to stop sentencing young offenders to life in prison without a possibility of parole.
According to the new report, “This is where I'm going to be when I die,” published on Wednesday, United States is the only country in the world that imposes life sentence on children as young as 11 years old without possibility of release.
The international rights group also urged authorities in the US to review the cases of more than 2500 inmates currently serving in country's prisons for crimes committed as a child, which under current rules they will never be freed.
“In the USA, people under 18 years old cannot vote, buy alcohol, lottery tickets or consent to most forms of medical treatment but they can be sentenced to die in prison for their actions. This needs to change,” Campaigner on the USA at Amnesty International, Natacha Mension said.
The organization also called on the Washington to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which entered into force more than two decades ago.
Life sentences without parole can be imposed on young offenders as a mandatory punishment in the US, without consideration of justifying factors such as history of abuse or trauma, degree of involvement in the crime, mental health status or amenability to rehabilitation.
http://presstv.com/detail/213066.html