The Fiscal and Human Costs of Life Without Parole

In recent decades, the United States has increasingly relied on life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences. Due to its indeterminacy, such a sentence involves tremendous fiscal and human costs. This study first examines the use of LWOP in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which have high percent...

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Authors: Leigey, Margaret E. (Author) ; Schartmueller, Doris (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: The prison journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 99, Issue: 2, Pages: 241-262
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Financial costs
Indeterminacy
Life Without Parole