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Should juveniles be given life without parole? / by Ferguson, Olivia.(CARDINAL)498297;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Supreme Court ruling on juvenile LWOP rebalances the justice system / Andrew Cohen -- The Supreme Court ruling raises concern for the future of juvenile LWOP / John Richards -- Cases must be considered individually when sentencing juveniles / Michael Kirkland -- LWOP for juveniles is morally wrong / John Coleman -- Incarcerated juveniles are often abused and mistreated / Julia Dahl -- Opponents of juvenile LWOP misrepresent the facts / Charles D. Stimson -- Juvenile LWOP offers victims' families closure / Liza Matia -- Some victims' families oppose juvenile LWOP / Linda L. White -- Victim's families have differing opinions on juvenile LWOP / Lisa Rea -- The legal system is harder on juveniles than on adults / Liliana Segura -- The justice system is prejudiced against juveniles of color / James Bell -- California is unjust in sentencing juveniles / Human Rights Watch -- Massachusetts is too harsh in sentencing juveniles / Jonathan Saltzman -- Juvenile LWOP wastes taxpayer money / Eartha Jane Melzer -- Organizations to contact.
Subjects: Juvenile corrections; Life imprisonment;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Doing life : reflections of men and women serving life sentences / by Zehr, Howard.(CARDINAL)762485;
Subjects: Interviews.; Life imprisonment; Prisoners; Women prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A grip of time : when prison is your life / by Kessler, Lauren,author.(CARDINAL)333773;
Includes bibliographical references.A Grip of Time (prison slang for a very long sentence behind bars) takes readers into a world most know little about--a maximum-security prison--and into the minds and hearts of the men who live there. These men, who are serving out life sentences for aggravated murder, join a fledgling Lifers' Writing Group started by award-winning author Lauren Kessler. Over the course of three years, meeting twice a month, the men reveal more and more about themselves, their pasts, and the alternating drama and tedium of their incarcerated lives. As they struggle with the weight of their guilt and wonder if they should hope for a future outside prison walls, Kessler struggles with the fiercely competing ideas of rehabilitation and punishment, forgiveness and blame that are at the heart of the American penal system. Gripping, intense, and heartfelt, A Grip of Time: When Prison Is Your Life shows what a lifetime with no hope of release looks like up-close.
Subjects: Prisoners as authors.; Life imprisonment.; Rehabilitation.; Social sciences;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Still doing life : 22 lifers, 25 years later / by Zehr, Howard,author,photographer.(CARDINAL)762485; Toews, Barb,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190).Kimberly Joynes, "You have come to a point where you believe goodness feels better than the pain you have endured" -- Charles Diggs "Hope the echo in my brain keeps me stimulated" -- Craig Datesman, "Meeting with the victim's family was the best thing" -- Marilyn Dobrolenski, "Getting through one day at a time" -- Commer Glass, "This is our community, but it's not our home" -- Brian Wallace, "I always believed I was getting out, I just didn't know when" -- Marie Scott, "You aren't the only one being punished, your family is too" -- Ricardo Mercado, "People care, you just have to cross paths with them" -- Betty Heron, "I've always felt like a tightrope walker" -- Bruce Norris, "I've learned that no matter where you are, you always have to give back" -- Yvonne Cloud, "I took a life, now I try to save lives" -- Joseph Miller, "I pray every day for the victim and his family" -- Aaron Fox, "You have to have a dream in life" -- Diane Weaver, "I'm running out of things to do" -- Bruce Bainbridge, "I struggle with keeping my humanity" -- Hugh Williams, "Everything we do has a purpose" -- Harry Twiggs, "We can draw from the first life and see our mistakes" -- Gaye Morley, "Seeking that inner peace" -- Kevin Mines, "It's part of my spirit to help people" -- James Taylor, "I was in a prison of my own mind" -- Cyd Berger, "If you let your crime define you, you will never see your potential" -- John Frederick Nole, "The meaning of life is to try to live it to its fullest, regardless of where you're at", "This is like the first fruit that I've ever had, and it's quite delicious" -- Life sentences : trauma, race, and restorative justice / by Barb Toews.
Subjects: Interviews.; Illustrated works.; Life imprisonment; Prisoners; Women prisoners; African American prisoners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The meaning of life : the case for abolishing life sentences / by Mauer, Marc,author.(CARDINAL)512635; Nellis, Ashley,author.(CARDINAL)559908; Myers, Kerry,author.(CARDINAL)783662;
Includes bibliographical references.Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project argue that there is no practical or moral justification for a sentence longer than twenty years. Harsher sentences have been shown to have little effect on crime rates, since people "age out" of crime--meaning that we're spending a fortune on geriatric care for older prisoners who pose little threat to public safety. Extreme punishment for serious crime also has an inflationary effect on sentences across the spectrum, helping to account for severe mandatory minimums and other harsh punishments. Also features profiles of a half dozen people affected by life sentences, written by former "lifer" and writer Kerry Myers.--
Subjects: Life imprisonment; Prison sentences; Capital punishment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Armed Career Criminal Act of 1983 : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 52 ... May 26, 1983. by United States.Congress.Senate.Committee on the Judiciary.(CARDINAL)278873;
Subjects: Robbery; Burglary; Recidivists; Firearms; Life imprisonment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Three hundred days in a Yankee prison; reminiscenses of war life, captivity, imprisonment at Camp Chase, Ohio. by King, John H.(John Henry),1843-(CARDINAL)662790;
Subjects: Personal narratives.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dream hotel [large print] : a novel / by Lalami, Laila,1968-author.(CARDINAL)472375;
"Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Dreams; Crime prevention; Criminal behavior, Prediction of; Future life; Women; Imprisonment;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Saving Face [videorecording] / by Buff, Eleanor Kern.; Gilmore, H. James.; Kern, James A.; Kern, James W.; Kern, Matt.; Acadia Pictures (Firm); Blue Planet Films.; Gateway Films.(CARDINAL)179360; Vision Video (Firm);
MARCIVE 4/04/11Presents the story of Matt Kern, a promising youth who, after having turned to crime, was given a sixty-year prison sentence for his involvement in a fatal shooting during a robbery, and who now claims to have been transformed by Christianity.DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Religious films.; Kern, Matt.; Imprisonment; Prisoners; Prisoners;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Doctor Who [videorecording] / by Bernard, Paul.; Delgado, Roger,1918-1973.; Hulke, Malcolm.; Letts, Barry.; Maloney, David.; Manning, Katy.; Nation, Terry.(CARDINAL)769106; Pertwee, Jon.(CARDINAL)741268; Simpson, Dudley.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.(CARDINAL)326912; British Broadcasting Corporation.(CARDINAL)143648; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Incidental music, Dudley Simpson.Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado.Frontier in space: It is the year 2450, and a fragile peace exists between the great empires of Earth and Draconia. The TARDIS materializes aboard an Earth cargo ship which comes under attack. Arrested and accused of espionage, the Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment on the Moon, but salvation arrives in an unexpected form.Planet of the Daleks: The TARDIS arrives on Spiridon, an inhospitable planet where the vegetation is hungry and extremely dangerous. The Doctor has been badly hurt and has fallen into a coma, so it's up to his concerned assistant Jo to leave the safety of the ship to find help. She soon discovers a jungle containing invisible creatures, and that the planet is hiding a terrible secret about the Doctor's oldest enemy, the Daleks.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., digitally remastered pictures and sound quality, NTSC.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Science fiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Doctor (Fictitious character); Coma; False imprisonment; Life on other planets; Malicious accusation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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