Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
Life without parole for the very worst juvenile offenders is
reasonable, constitutional, and (appropriately) rare. In
response to the Western world's worst juvenile crime problem,
legislators in nearly every state have enacted this measure to
protect citizens and hold these dangerous criminals
accountable. But the continued viability of these sentences
is at risk from misleading activist campaigns and court cases -
including two before the Supreme Court - that seek to
substitute international law for legislative judgments and
constitutional text.
To set the record straight, The Heritage Foundation is releasing
Adult Time for Adult Crimes, a landmark report on juvenile
violent crime in the United States, the use of life without parole
sentences for juvenile offenders, and the legal and constitutional
basis of sentencing. The panelists will discuss the brutal
reality of juvenile crime and the risk of allowing judges to
second-guess all criminal sentences, activists' ultimate goal.
More About the Speakers
Charles Stimson
Senior Legal Fellow,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
Daniel Horowitz
Trial Attorney and Legal Commentator
and Widower of Pamela Vitale, the victim of a juvenile killer
Paul Wallace
Chief of Appeals,
Delaware Department of Justice
Hosted By
Edwin Meese III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus
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