States where juveniles serve life terms

Posted at: 11/09/2009 6:05 AM
By The Associated Press

d0 Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:
State Life Life-nonfatal crimes
Ala. 62 0
Ariz. 32 0
Ark. 73 0
Calif. 250 4
Colo. 48 0
Conn. 9 0
Del. 7 1
Fla. 266 77
Ga. 8 0
Hawaii 4 0
Idaho 4 0
Ill. 103 0
Ind. 2 0
Iowa 44 6
Ky. 5 0
La. 335 17
Md. 13 0
Mass. 57 0
Mich. 346 0
Minn. 2 0
Miss. 24 2
Mo. 116 0
Mont. 1 0
Neb. 24 1
Nev. 16 0
N.H. 3 0
N.C. 44 0
N.D. 1 0
Ohio 2 0
Okla. 48 0
Pa. 444 0
R.I. 2 0
S.C. 26 1
S.D. 9 0
Tenn. 4 0
Texas 4 0
Utah 1 0
Va. 48 0
Wash. 28 0
Wis. 16 0
Wyo. 6 0
Federal Prisons 37 0
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Source: Human Rights WatchPaolo G. Annino, David W. Rasmussen and Chelsea Boehme Rice from Florida State University.

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