US must stop jailing minors for life, says Amnesty (BBC)

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Amnesty International has called for the US to stop sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole.

More than 2,500 adults are in US jails for crimes committed as a child - under current rules they will never be freed.

In its new report, Amnesty says the practice is incompatible with the basic principles of juvenile justice.

The US and Somalia are the only two countries not to have ratified a UN convention that bans life in jail without parole for under-18 year olds.

'Potential for rehabilitation'

Amnesty says offenders as young as 11 have faced such sentences in the US.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15956225

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

2. It is evidence of the devout Christianity of the United States

They are very Sanctified people, and this means they can do as they wish to children and to adults. Fer Jesus, of course.