And they have definitely ratified the UNCRC because they definitely do not want to put kids in adult prisons, right?
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours agoYeah, because the US “justice” system famously never treats juvenile defendants as adults in order to mete out draconian punishment that eliminates all chances for rehabilitation…
amon@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Logi@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
The US Supreme Court prevented people who committed crimes as juveniles from being executed a number of years ago. Trump’s group might change that, but for now it is the law. They technically cannot be incarcerated forever either.