"Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison"

The Equal Justice Initiative has released the report,
Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old
Children to Die in Prison (PDF). According to the 2007 report,
there have been 73 cases where children 13 and 14 years
of age have been condemned to death in prison.

"This report is intended to illuminate this cruel and unusual
punishment inflicted on children, particularly for those who
have been without legal help for so long."

Hat tip to Librarians' Internet Index (10/25/2007).