In this Aug. 16, 2016 photo, a row of general population inmates walk in a line at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif.

Calling for the End of Life Sentences

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 15, 2019

The Sentencing Project’s executive director Marc Mauer and senior research analyst Ashley Nellis, co-authors of The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences (The New Press, 2018), argue against any sentence longer than 20 years.

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