| Statistics | Random Trivia | True or False | Name that #! | Quotes - Real or Fake |
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What percentage of teens with life sentences reported growing up with violence in their homes?
What is 79%?%
*Will accept 75 to 80% as correct* |
An adolescents’ emotional processing is still immature before the age of 18.
What is true?
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Idaho allows teen life sentences.
(juveniles without parole)
What is true
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How many JWOP's are in Georgia?
What is 25?
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“Sentencing a 13-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole is a just sentence for such atrocious crimes."
~Bryan Stevenson
What is fake?
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What percentage of JWOP were enrolled in school at the time of their crimes?
What is less than 50%?
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The U.S. is 1 of 3 countries in the world that sentences people to die in prison for offenses committed while under the age of 18. (U.S. / Ireland / Spain)
What is false?
The U.S. is the only country to do so. |
Navarus Mayhew now 42, has served 22 years in prison.
What is false?
24 years in prison. |
How many JWOP's are in Louisiana?
What is 303?
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Adolescence is marked by “rashness, proclivity for risk, and inability to assess consequences.”
~Josh Rovner
What is real?
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What percentage of JWOP's were physically abused before committing their crimes?
What is 47%?
*Will accept 45% to 50% as a correct* |
During panic from politicians and attorneys about “super-predators", (teen criminals) juvenile crime actually declined between 1999 and 2013.
What is false?
it was from 1994 to 2000 (it increased in 2001). |
Most teens will never get the chance for rehabilitation, in prison - even though they show the ability to.
What is true?
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"Life without parole is immoral for adolescents because it means society has given up hope on the juvenile..."
~Bryan Gowdy
What is real?
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What percentage of female JWOP's reported physical abuse?
What is 80%?
*will accept 78% to 83% as a close enough* |
Among dozens of organizations, many Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist organizations agree that life sentences are too harsh for teens.
What is true?
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Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Louisiana – account for about two-thirds of JLWOP sentences (out of 29 states).
What is true?
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"As long as Maryland keeps the exclusive authority to parole in the hands of the Governor... people will be treated like political footballs."
~Sonia Kumar
What is real?
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What percentage of JWOP's grew up in public housing?
What is 32%?
*Will accept 30% to 35%* |
A 50-year sentence for a 16-year old will cost approximately ______________.
What is $2.25 million dollars?
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White juvenile offenders with African American victims are only about half as likely (3.6%) to receive a JWLOP sentence.
What is true?
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“It is cruel — and a violation of the U.S. and Maryland Constitutions — to operate a system of parole in which actual releases are so exceptional and rare as to be newsworthy.”
~Sonia Kumar
What is real?
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