Today, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments against the imprisonment of juveniles for life without parole. The arguments against this punishment focus around the 8th Amendments, stating that this harsh punishment could be considered cruel and unusual punishment. The main focus of the case is a mother who is in prison for a crime by association punishment committed as a minor, after the birth of her first child. Currently there are approximately 2,500 people serving life in prison without parole for crimes committed as juveniles. The interesting thing about this case is that many of these crimes were of the crime by association category, with the people convicted not actually committing the punished crime. The article can be found here.
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Most judges are reasonable especially with juveniles. You might want to dig a little deeper into some of these kid's records.
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