Youth Deserve a Second Chance: pass Senate Bill 9!

Subject: Youth Deserve a Second Chance: We need to pass Senate Bill 9! Right now, juveniles in California can be sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. It is a sentence to die in prison. The US is the only country in the world that applies this punishment to youth under the age of 18. Several hundred teens have been sentenced to life without parole in California. Under the current law, not one of them will ever have the opportunity to demonstrate that they have turned their lives around and can safely re-enter society.  If Senate Bill 9 is enacted, California will set up a strict process for a judge to examine these individuals’ lives when they are older and determine if they are rehabilitated and remorseful.  If so, they will then have a chance to earn parole after serving a minimum of 25 years. We ask our legislators to pass this important bill during the upcoming vote.Please sign this petition. Click here: http://signon.org/sign/youth-deserve-a-second?source=s.em.cp&r_by=2442712