In Defense of Juveniles Sentenced to Life: Legal Representation and Juvenile Criminal Justice (Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure)

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Synopsis
This book examines how attorneys enable a meaningful opportunity for release for individuals sentenced to life as juveniles. The work provides a detailed overview of how legal representation facilitates opportunities for release for juveniles sentenced to life: “juvenile lifers”. It contributes to the broader literature on the importance of legal representation in the criminal legal system by investigating the role of an attorney in the parole process. Drawing on interviews with lawyers and qualitative content analyses of attorney participation in parole recordings from one state, the study illustrates how attorney assistance provides an important due process protection in the highly discretionary context of parole. The analysis of attorney representation is situated in the history of how they became prominent in the criminal legal system, and how their assistance has been viewed as vital in the parole process. Prior criminological and legal research relates the impact a lawyer can have by preparing a juvenile lifer candidate to present a suitable narrative for release, one that relates their diminished criminal culpability and rehabilitative efforts to prepare for life beyond prison. The work will be relevant to students, academics, and policy makers, particularly for state parole boards, public defender agencies, and legislatures. While the analysis is based on the experience of one state, the findings are generalizable to other states and countries that similarly conduct parole board hearings for not just their juvenile populations but also adults.
Copyright:
2023

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Publisher Quality
Book Size:
68 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000643909
Related ISBNs:
9781032053028, 9781003196914, 9781032052991
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Stuti S. Kokkalera, The right of Stuti S. Kokkalera to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
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