Book contents
- The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment
- The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I A History of the Eighth Amendment
- Part II The Landscape of Eighth Amendment Doctrine
- Part III The Future of the Eighth Amendment
- 12 Judicial Abolition of the American Death Penalty under the Eighth Amendment: The Most Likely Path
- 13 Back to the Future with Execution Methods
- 14 Evolving Standards of Lethal Injection
- 15 The Future of Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences
- 16 Metrics of Mayhem
- 17 Race Discrimination in Punishment
- 18 Science and the Eighth Amendment
- Index
15 - The Future of Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences
from Part III - The Future of the Eighth Amendment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 June 2020
- The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment
- The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I A History of the Eighth Amendment
- Part II The Landscape of Eighth Amendment Doctrine
- Part III The Future of the Eighth Amendment
- 12 Judicial Abolition of the American Death Penalty under the Eighth Amendment: The Most Likely Path
- 13 Back to the Future with Execution Methods
- 14 Evolving Standards of Lethal Injection
- 15 The Future of Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Sentences
- 16 Metrics of Mayhem
- 17 Race Discrimination in Punishment
- 18 Science and the Eighth Amendment
- Index
Summary
Despite inventing the juvenile court model in the late nineteenth century, the United States has become an international outlier in the severity of its juvenile sentencing practices. In 2020 in this country, adolescents are routinely transferred out of juvenile court and into adult criminal court often without any judicial oversight. Once in adult court, children can be sentenced without regard for their youth. Juveniles are housed in adult correctional facilities; they may be held in solitary confinement; and they experience high rates of sexual and physical assault. Until 2005, children convicted in America’s courts were subject to the death penalty, and in many states, they still may be sentenced to die in prison. In fact, the United States is the only country in the world that permits children to be sentenced to life without parole (LWOP).
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- The Eighth Amendment and Its Future in a New Age of Punishment , pp. 254 - 265Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020