Comments on: Chief Justice Address Provides Priority Insights for Legislators http://iowaindependent.com/1833/chief-justice-address-provides-priority-insights-for-legislators Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John Neff http://iowaindependent.com/1833/chief-justice-address-provides-priority-insights-for-legislators/comment-page-1#comment-10247 John Neff Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:51:31 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1833/chief-justice-address-provides-priority-insights-for-legislators#comment-10247 <strong>I am pleased to see a higher priority for juvenile justice.</strong> I appreciate the efforts this past year on the part of Judge Ternus and the legislature to increase the priority of the juvenile justice system. <p><br>We still have too many juveniles held in juvenile detention centers in my opinion. <br><br>I think we need to review the policy of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole because the threat to public safety posed by an individual can depend on age. I would like to see a periodic review of such cases to see if release on parole for life  is an acceptable alternative.</br></p> I am pleased to see a higher priority for juvenile justice. I appreciate the efforts this past year on the part of Judge Ternus and the legislature to increase the priority of the juvenile justice system.

We still have too many juveniles held in juvenile detention centers in my opinion.

I think we need to review the policy of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole because the threat to public safety posed by an individual can depend on age. I would like to see a periodic review of such cases to see if release on parole for life  is an acceptable alternative.

]]> By: John Neff http://iowaindependent.com/1833/chief-justice-address-provides-priority-insights-for-legislators/comment-page-1#comment-5138 John Neff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1833/chief-justice-address-provides-priority-insights-for-legislators#comment-5138 <strong>I am pleased to see a higher priority for juvenile justice.</strong> I appreciate the efforts this past year on the part of Judge Ternus and the legislature to increase the priority of the juvenile justice system. <p> We still have too many juveniles held in juvenile detention centers in my opinion. <br> I think we need to review the policy of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole because the threat to public safety posed by an individual can depend on age. I would like to see a periodic review of such cases to see if release on parole for life  is an acceptable alternative. I am pleased to see a higher priority for juvenile justice. I appreciate the efforts this past year on the part of Judge Ternus and the legislature to increase the priority of the juvenile justice system.

We still have too many juveniles held in juvenile detention centers in my opinion.
I think we need to review the policy of sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole because the threat to public safety posed by an individual can depend on age. I would like to see a periodic review of such cases to see if release on parole for life  is an acceptable alternative.

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