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According to Human Rights Watch, the current juvenile life-without-parole population in California will cost the state approximately half a billion dollars by the end of their lives. Do you think it is appropriate, or relevant, to cite the expense of incarceration as a justification for rethinking life without parole for juvenile offenders? Give specific reasons.

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It is relevant to ascertain the efficacy of policies that dictate life-without-parole for juvenile offenders because as your figures indicate, these policies can have dramatic fiscal consequences. The placement of a juvenile in prison for life without parole has recently been mulled by the United States Supreme Court and I believe that California must look at the policy within their chronically fiscally challenged state. California is notorious for budget shortfalls and their government has been ...

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