Steven Drizin
Steven Drizin
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Immature brain development is not an excuse for juvenile criminal activity, ... (But) it is an explanation which mitigates their culpability. It explains why they should be held accountable and in some cases punished severely, but never as severely as an adult who commits the same crime.
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I don't think most cops have read the studies that call the relevance of the machine into question.
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It's taken 45 years but Johnny Lee Roberts has finally felt comfortable enough to tell the truth of what happened to Kennard. His courage is now causing others to come forward, including prominent whites, to express their long-held misgivings about Kennard's conviction.
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It didn't take a rocket scientist to know that there were serious problems with this guy's story and that they should be continuing to investigate other suspects.