Mothering the man charged as a teen in her son’s death

Sharletta Evans of Denver plans to spend part of her Mother’s Day thinking about the man convicted the death of her 3-year-old son when he himself was a boy. She has agree to take on...

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Victim’s mother: Heed high court, give juvenile offenders shot at reform

Twenty-one years ago, a 17-year-old youth kidnapped my 15-year-old son, Jeremy Drake. Within hours, my son had been shot to death in a park in northeast Omaha. That youth, Jeremy Herman, and a 19-year-old were...

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Wyoming abolishes life without parole for children

Wyoming Governor Matt Mead signed House Bill 23 into law on February 14, 2013, abolishing sentences of life in prison without parole for children in that state. We applaud Governor Mead for his action on...

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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops supports end to life without parole for children

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has endorsed the principles of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. The USCCB is “an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin...

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APA signs on as official supporter

The American Psychological Association has joined more than 100 legal, advocacy and social science groups in signing the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth’s statement of principles, oppose sentencing children younger than 18 to...

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Children Should Never Be Sentenced to Die in Prison

The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is the national campaign working to end the practice
of sentencing children to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

New Video | Dolphy’s Story

In this new video produced in alliance with Participant Media, Dolphy Jordan of Seattle shares his story of serving a long prison sentence for a crime committed as a child.

Commentary: Loss as it relates to life without parole for youth

The following is an excerpt from a blog post titled, “Reclaiming Faith” from CFSY Outreach Coordinator, Emily Dillon. To read the full post, click here “I’m reading this book right now titled The Art of...

Infographic: The Cost of Sentencing Children to Die in Prison

Children should be held accountable for the harm they have caused in age-appropriate ways that focus on rehabilitation and reintegration into society. But our public policies that sentence children to life in prison without parole...

Support The CFSY

The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is dedicated to abolishing the practice of sentencing young people to life without parole. When you support our efforts to abolish this inhumane practice, which declares people...