In just five years—from 2011 to 2016—the number of states that ban death-in-prison sentences for children has more than tripled. In 2011, only five states did not permit children to be sentenced to life without parole. Remarkably, between 2013 and 2016, three states per year have eliminated lifewithout-parole as a sentencing option for children. Seventeen … Continue reading Righting Wrongs: The Five-Year Groundswell of State Bans on Life Without Parole for Children