October 12, 2010
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Life or parole for juveniles convicted of violent crimes?

On June 1, 2010, Judge Tom discussed the recent U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole for non-homicide offenses.  Legal Current is a podcast from Thomson Reuters that features information and commentary on the business and practice of law.  Listen to the podcast here: Life or parole for juveniles convicted of violent crimes?

Find out how the U.S. Supreme Court decided this case and other issues concerning life without parole for juveniles.

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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.

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