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How Are the Tim Masters and Erik Jensen Cases Related?
This post has been written by my guest blogger, Mary Ellen Johnson, Executive Director of the Pendulum Foundation. For the first time in Colorado history, the state has admitted that it wrongly...
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Colorado Governor’s Juvenile Clemency Board Application is Available
When I decided to start this blog, I told myself that the best thing I could do to participate in the dialogue about juvenile cases and juvenile sentencing would be to learn about the law, about the...
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Upcoming Event in Boulder
When Kids Get Life February 13th 2008 6:00 pm Eaton Humanities 135 CU – Boulder The Pendulum Foundation will be showing the PBS FRONTLINE documentary “When Kids Get Life.” The U.S. is one of the very...
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Sara Kruzan
I think Sara Kruzan is an example of a young woman who deserves a second chance. There is no question that murdering anyone, even someone apparently as despicable as her victim was, is wrong....
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Categorically Less Culpable
On February 13th, the Illinois Coalition for Fair Sentencing of Children released a new report, Categorically Less Culpable: Children Sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole in Illinois. The...
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What I Learned in Supermax, a Guest Post from Mary Ellen Johnson
Mary Ellen Johnson met Jacob Ind a few months after he killed his parents at age 15. She’s the director of The Pendulum Foundation, which serves kids serving life. She alternately thanks and curses...
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National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers
Several weeks ago, I spoke with Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins of Illinois.victims.org after she commented on a post I’d done that she felt had portrayed murder victims’ families as vengeful. That hadn’t been...
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News Story About Jacob Ind on Colorado Springs KKTV 11
I’ve posted a number of Jacob Ind’s essays on serving life without the possibility of parole. KKTV Channel 11 in Colorado Springs aired a story yesterday on the Jacob Ind case and asked their viewers...
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