Past Resources of the Week
ROTW: Life Goes On: The Historic Rise in Life Sentences in America
Monday, September 30, 2013
- The Sentencing Project
- Link: http://www.reentry.net
While serious crime rates in the U.S. have been declining for the last 20 years, the number of prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled since 1984. As documented in this report by senior research analyst Ashley Nellis, over 159,000 people were serving life sentences in 2012, with nearly 50,000 serving life without parole.