Florida Juvenile Parole Bill Dead
By Jeralyn, Section Juvenile Offenders
Posted on Thu Apr 01, 2004 at 12:12:19 PM EST
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Posted on Thu Apr 01, 2004 at 12:12:19 PM EST
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This is a shame. A bill in Florida to allow juveniles serving life sentences without parole a chance to be paroled after eight years if they were under 15 at the time of the crime and had a clean record before the crime, is dead. Even Jeb Bush and state prosecutors gave "tentative endorsement" to the bill. So what happened? Strictly a party line vote--with Republicans voting against the bill.
Election-year politics made the bill a tough sell, [state sen.] Geller said. ''No elected official has ever lost reelection because they were considered too tough on crime,'' he said.
That is just sick. But what can you expect from a prison nation led by Republicans?
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