Public support for universal second look sentencing, a research note · CrimRxiv

Can they get a Second Look?

words by charles brooks They’re asking for a second look. Locked up, and languishing behind the walls for over 20 years. 30 years. For nearly 40 years.  When as a juvenile, or coming to age as an adult at 18 or 19 years old was met with the experience of making a regrettable mistake that cost lives. Today, these men and women are denied the opportunity, a process to have a judge review their case after serving many years of a long term or life s…

Public support for universal second look sentencing, a research note · CrimRxiv

Based on a 2023 national YouGov survey (N = 800), we explored public support for universal second look sentencing—the view that all incarcerated individuals, not just those who committed their crimes before they were age 25, should be eligible to have lengthy sentences ...