Child Life Without Parole

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Click on the map below to find out how your state measures up.

States' Death Penalty Laws North Dakota Montana Oklahoma Texas Colorado New Mexico Oregon Washington Idaho South Dakota Nebraska Arizona Utah Kansas California Nevada Wyoming Minnesota Iowa Missouri Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Illinois miss Arkansas Wisconsin Michigan Michigan Ohio West Virginia Alabama Pennsylvania New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Maryland Tennessee Kentucky Florida Indiana Louisiana Hawaii Alaska Delaware


Source: Data provided from 38 state correctional departments, the National Center for Juvenile Justice and additional other sources for the states of Alabama and Virginia.

* AK, NM, KS, WV, ME do not have the sentence of life without parole (for anyone, adult or child). OR, KY, NY do not sentence children to life without parole. Data missing for ID. TX recently changed its laws to allow for the sentence of juvenile LWOP (too late for this report).