The US Supreme Court has held that states must give most juveniles sentenced to life in prison a chance to earn parole release based on a standard of rehabilitation and reform, and a system that allows parole commissioners the discretion to deny release is unconstitutional, argues a lawsuit filed in federal court in April by the ACLU of Wisconsin.
On today’s show, Carousel Bayrd speaks with three members of the ACLU of Wisconsin—Executive Director Chris Ott, Smart Justice Organizer Sean Wilson, and volunteer Staff Attorney Tim Muth—about this lawsuit, racial disparities in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system, and another recent lawsuit related to Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake youth prisons.
