Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama in 2012, holding that juveniles cannot be given life without parole sentences without discretion, Connecticut and its Sentencing Commission, like many other states, is still  working on addressing on how to be in compliance with this holding.  Legislation which would have addressed this issue of discretionary juvenile sentencing in CT (HB 5221) did not pass in this year’s legislative session which ended last week.

Read this compelling story of youth on the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange who committed serious crimes and turned their lives around after parole:

http://jjie.org/up-from-the-depths-juvenile-offenders-who-turned-their-lives-around/106746/ .

Marisa Mascolo Halm, Esq.

Director, TeamChild

Juvenile Justice Project

Center for Children's Advocacy

UCONN School of Law

65 Elizabeth Street

Hartford, CT 06105

Phone:  860-570-5327 ext. 228

Mobile:  860-566-0764

Fax: 860-570-5256

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