H.R. 4300, The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 - Bill Would Abolish JLWOP

[Velia Koppenhoefer]

Dear Friends,

The following is a link to H.R. 4300, The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007.  It is a bill that was introduced in U.S. House of Representatives on December 6, 2007.  On 1/14/2008 it was referred to House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

http://abolish-jlwop.blogspot.com/2008/05/juvenile-justice-accountability-and.html

Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 requires states to enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are under a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every three years thereafter. Defines "child offender who is under a life sentence" as an individual who is convicted of a criminal offense before attaining the age of 18 and sentenced to a term of natural life or its functional equivalent in years.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and implement a system of early release for each child offender who is under a life sentence in a federal prison; and (2) award grants to states to improve legal representation and other services for child defendants charged with an offense carrying a possible sentence of life in prison.

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