The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children under the age of eighteen to life imprisonment. Juvenile life without the possibility of parole (also known as “JLWOP”) prevents those sentenced from being released back into society under any circumstances. At the start of 2020, there were roughly 1,465 people serving JLWOP sentences. JLWOP critics and other youth advocates maintain that children should never be tried or punished in the same way as ad

In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, protests erupted in cities across the United States with the goal of reforming American pol