Children Given One Strike: A Lifetime Without Redemption (A Penn Law VLA Production)

This video deals with the issue of sentencing juveniles to life without possibility of parole (JLWOP). Pennsylvania has more juvenile lifers in its prisons than any other state. The video features interviews with anti-JLWOP activist Anita Colon, whose brother is serving a life sentence, Philadelphia Public Defender Bradley Bridge, Esq., and Temple University Psychology Professor Dr. Laurence Steinberg. Relying on reasoning such as that invoked by the United States Supreme Court in outlawing the death penalty for juveniles, Colon and Bridge urge citizens to contact their elected officials about changing the law.

Created for the Penn Law Documentaries & the Law Program.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• juvenile
• minors
• children
• parole
• pennsylvania
• crime
• justice
• prison
• law
• jlwop
• sentencing
• penn
• pennlaw