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11/7/2009 9:21 AM
States where juveniles serve life terms

By The Associated Press

Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:

State Life Life-nonfatal crimes
Ala. 62 0
Ariz. 32 0
Ark. 73 0
Calif. 250 4
Colo. 48 0
Conn. 9 0
Del. 7 1
Fla. 266 77
Ga. 8 0
Hawaii 4 0
Idaho 4 0
Ill. 103 0
Ind. 2 0
Iowa 44 6
Ky. 5 0
La. 335 17
Md. 13 0
Mass. 57 0
Mich. 346 0
Minn. 2 0
Miss. 24 2
Mo. 116 0
Mont. 1 0
Neb. 24 1
Nev. 16 0
N.H. 3 0
N.C. 44 0
N.D. 1 0
Ohio 2 0
Okla. 48 0
Pa. 444 0
R.I. 2 0
S.C. 26 1
S.D. 9 0
Tenn. 4 0
Texas 4 0
Utah 1 0
Va. 48 0
Wash. 28 0
Wis. 16 0
Wyo. 6 0
Federal Prisons 37 0
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Source: Human Rights Watch	Paolo G. Annino, David W. Rasmussen and Chelsea Boehme Rice from Florida State University.

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