Children Sentenced to Life In Prison - Massachusetts

INDIVIDUALS SERVING LIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS WITHOUT PAROLE FOR CRIMES COMMITTED AS CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEO PLE SERVING HOW THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOT THERE: 62 42% WERE CONVICTED OF FELONY MURDER, MEANNG THAT THE PERSON CONVICTED DID NOT CAUSE THE WICTIM'S DE ATH 44%) WERE FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS 74% 77% 48% OFCO-DEFENDANTS AREKNOWN TO HAVE RECEIVED ALESSER SENTENCE ACIED WITH O-HEFENDANTS OECO-DEFENDANTS WERE ADULTS DEMOGRAPHICS: RACE: SERMING TH8SENTENGEARE AFRICM-AMELICAM AGE: 8BITBIED TO UFE WITHOUT MAOLE FIACIMES CIMNITTED ASCILOABI AREYOUTH OF COLOR AFICAN-IMENCAN POPLATION INDER BN MA YOITHOF COLIA INDER 1BINMA 15 VEM 33% 16 VEAM O 50% 65% 8.6%, 17 VTANI ( OF TEENS COMMTTE D) UPBRINGING/BACKGROUND OF PEOPLE SERVING: O EDUCATION PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE PRIOR TO INCARCERATION 37% WERE PHYSICALLY AND / OR SEXUALLY ABUSED IBEMED A CRADENICHDO. BECAVED SPECAL EUCATION SAMEBPALL DTHER ET (NEARLY ALL BY FAMILY) 48% 42% HAD AN NCARCERATED PARENT | DURNG CHLOHOOD, WREIN FOSTER CAFE, OR BOTH (35% NE0 HAD AT LEAST ONE PARENT THE TIMEOF THER AREST MITH A SIBSTANCE ABLSBE PROBLEM AS ACHLD FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.FAIRSENTENCE.NET. WWW.TAKEPAR COM/SNITCH