Life Without Parole
States Offering Life Without Parole - See Below
Years That States Adopted LWOP
Resources:
A. Nellis and R. King, No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences In America, The Sentencing Project ( 2009). Read a summary by DPIC.
R. Johnson and A. Dobrzanska, "Mature coping among life-sentenced inmates: an exploratory study of adjustment dynamics," Corrections Compendium. (November 2005).
A. Liptak, "To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars," New York Times, October 2, 2005.
DPIC Summary: The Sentencing Project's Report, "The Meaning of 'Life': Long Prison Sentences in Context" (2004).
Sentencing for Life: Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty (DPIC Report 1993).
M. Lane, "Is there life without parole? A capital defendant's right to a meaningful alternative sentence," 26 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 327 (1993).
Life Without Parole News and Developments - Current Year
Life Without Parole News and Developments - Previous Years
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* Note that "three strikes" laws in some states may make life without parole available for at least some offenders in those states. |
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