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States Where Juveniles Serve Life Terms

POSTED: 4:52 am EST November 9, 2009
UPDATED: 5:42 am EST November 9, 2009

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:

StateLifeLife-nonfatalcrimes
Ala.620
Ariz.320
Ark.730
Calif.2504
Colo.480
Conn.90
Del.71
Fla.26677
Ga.80
Hawaii40
Idaho40
Ill.1030
Ind.20
Iowa446
Ky.50
La.33517
Md.130
Mass.570
Mich.3460
Minn.20
Miss.242
Mo.1160
Mont.10
Neb.241
Nev.160
N.H.30
N.C.440
N.D.10
Ohio20
Okla.480
Pa.4440
R.I.20
S.C.261
S.D.90
Tenn.40
Texas40
Utah10
Va.480
Wash.280
Wis.160
Wyo.60
Federal Prisons370

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Source: Human Rights Watch; Paolo G. Annino, David W. Rasmussen and Chelsea Boehme Rice from Florida State University.


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