For nearly two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at harsh punishment for juveniles convicted in homicides.
Read MoreFrederick Pritchett is expected to leave prison in 2111 for crimes he committed as a teenager.
By then, he’ll be 116 years old — if he lives that long.
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that life without parole should be “rare” for juveniles, Mississippi continues to sentence two-thirds of these teens to die in prison.
Read MoreDespite a nationwide trend to abolish life-without-parole sentences for children, Mississippi continues to violate the constitution by condemning juvenile offenders to a lifetime in prison regardless of their potential for rehabilitation, juvenile justice advocates say.
Read MoreWhen he was 14, Brett Jones moved from Florida to Mississippi to escape his dysfunctional family life and a stepfather who allegedly emotionally and physically abused him from the time he was about 10.
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