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Joint Judiciary hearing: advocates urge end to lifetime parole for juveniles and phased 'raise the age' while victims' families warn of public-safety risks
Summary
Dozens of people with lived experience, reentry groups and legislators told the Joint Committee on the Judiciary that S1087/H2051 to end lifetime parole for people sentenced as juveniles and H1923 to raise juvenile jurisdiction warrant action; victims' family members and some survivors urged caution, saying the measures could remove important supervision tools.
Vice Chair Brandy Flicker Reid and Senate Chair Lydia Edwards convened a packed joint hearing where S1087/H2051 (end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults) and H1923 (raise the age) drew the largest turnout.
Supporters filled the room and the virtual queue. People who had been incarcerated starting as juveniles described childhood trauma, brain development and decades of rehabilitation and said lifetime parole keeps them trapped in fear. "Lifetime parole tells us that freedom for some is never fully earned," said Kyron Gorham, an Emerson Prison Initiative student…
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