“A newly filed federal lawsuit is bringing additional attention to the issue of juvenile “lifers.”
“The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland filed suit on April 6 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, on behalf of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, a prisoners’ rights organization. Also named as plaintiffs are three men–all in their 50s–who are currently serving mandatory life sentences after being convicted of crimes in their teens.”