"So Young and So Untender": Remorseless Children and the Expectations of the Law by Martha Grace Duncan

Owing to the Extreme Youth of the Accused: The Changing Legal Response to Juvenile Homicide by David S. Tanenhaus & Steven A. Drizin

The Changing Face of Juvenile Justice by Thomas Grisso

National Resolution Regarding Trying and Sentencing Youth Offenders in Adult Criminal Court by Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Brain Development, Culpability, and the Death Penalty by The International Justice Project

Research Regarding Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice

International Community Opposition to Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences

Consequences of Transfer of Children into Adult Criminal Court by Malcolm C. Young

Juvenile Life Without Parole - International Media Coverage

Prosecuting Juveniles in Adult Court, Perspectives for Policymakers and Practitioners by Patricia Allard and Malcolm C. Young

Critical Choices, New Options in Juvenile Crime Policy by The Sentencing Project

Selected Bibliography for advocates on Behalf of Children Prosecuted as if They Were Adults by The Sentencing Project

Convention On the Rights of the Child

United Nations Commission on Human Rights - Juvenile Life Without Parole Statement

American Convention on Human Rights

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles deprived of their Liberty

United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

Phillips v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Juvenile Life Without Parole Case

Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Juvenile Life Without Parole Case

Court Brief Filed in Roper v. Simmons - U.S. Supreme Court Case by Members of the Medical Community

Roper v. Simmons - U. Supreme Court Opinion Summary


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ACLU "Second Chances" Juvenile Lifers in Michigan Report

San Francisco University Human Rights Clinic - United Nations Juvenile Lifer Speech

Human Rights Watch - Juvenile Life Without Parole Study - Executive Summary

Human Rights Watch - Juvenile Life Without Parole Study - The Rest of Their Lives