Perceptions and extent of life sentences

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This thematic panel addresses several dimensions of life sentences. One paper looks at public opinion on the use of life sentences against emerging adults, by specifically analyzing survey responses from the same population. Another presentation reviews the extent to which the U.S. still relies on life sentences. Another examines whether the international criminal court is leaning towards the use of life sentences for grave crimes. Finally, a paper looks at the use of life sentences for human trafficking crimes.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 44. Courts & Sentencing

Individual Presentations

• Perceptions of Age and Rehabilitation in Sentencing Emerging Adults to Life - Victoria Rivera Laugalis, Loyola University New Orleans

• Early findings from the 2024 Census of Life-Sentenced Prisoners - Ashley Nellis, The Sentencing Project

• Will the International Criminal Court ever impose life imprisonment? - CANCELLED - Dirk van Zyl Smit, University of Nottingham / University of Cape Town

• Examining Life Sentences of Federal Human Trafficking Defendants - Monica DeLateur, Massachusetts Appeals Court

Chair

• Victoria Rivera Laugalis, Loyola University New Orleans

Discussant

• Christopher Seeds, University of California, Irvine

Organized by a Division or external group?

The Division of Corrections and Sentencing