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Video Links

Video 1: www.democracynow.org/2013/11/15/jailed_for_life_for_stealing_a

Description: A shocking new study by the American Civil Liberties Union has found that more than 3,200 people nationwide are serving life terms without parole for nonviolent offenses.

Video 2: www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice

Description: In promoting the justice center as a model of reform, the video, which is excerpted here, emphasizes the center’s use of drug, mental health, and trauma-focused treatment as alternatives to incarceration, as well as its collaborative approach to community justice

Audio Link

Audio 1: www.npr.org/2018/02/22/587839984/court-rulings-leave-hundreds-of-juvenile-convicts-in-limbo

Description: Once sentenced for life, some juvenile convicts get a second chance

Web Links

Web 1: www.deathpenaltyinfo.org

Description: The Death Penalty Information Center provides up-to-date statistics on the death penalty, as well as historical information and the current law

Web 2: www.aiusa.org/abolish

Description: This site contains a state-by-state list of executions as well as number of executions in the United States for each year. The site also contains a list of countries that retain the death penalty and those countries that have abolished the death penalty

Web 3: www.sentencingproject.org

Description: Website for the sentencing project