End Juvenile Life Without Parole

Here’s a petition in support of HR 4300, which would end juvenile life sentences. We would like you to take the petition to your churches, hair dressers, work, any place you think people would be willing to sign. After the petitions are signed, they are to be mailed to:



CAT LAMBERT

919 SILVER MESA,

DURANGO, CO 81301 lambert@mydurango.net



Cat will coordinate everything and send on to our national legislators.

Thank You!

Cari

P.S. Any of my local friends wishing to sign this petition can sign mine.





TO THE HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY

A PETITION FROM ELIGIBLE U.S. CITIZEN ELECTORS IN FAVOR OF HR 4300



SEC. 3. ESTABLISHING A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR PAROLE FOR CHILD OFFENDERS.



(a) In General- For each fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified in subsection (d)(1), each State shall have in effect laws and policies under which each child offender who is under a life sentence receives, not less than once during the first 15 years of incarceration, and not less than once every 3 years of incarceration thereafter, a meaningful opportunity for parole. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidelines and regulations to interpret and implement this section. This provision shall in no way be construed to limit the access of child offenders to other programs and appeals which they were rightly due prior to the passage of this Act.

(b) Definition- In this section, the term `child offender who is under a life sentence' means an individual who--(1) is convicted of an offense committed before the individual attained the age of 18; and (2) is sentenced to a term of natural life, or the functional equivalent in years, for that offense. (c) Applicability- This section applies to an individual who is sentenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act as well as to an individual who had already been sentenced as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Compliance and Consequences-

(1) COMPLIANCE DATE- Each State shall have not more than 3 years from the date of enactment of this Act to be in compliance with this section, except that the Attorney General may grant a 2-year extension to a State that is making a good faith effort to comply with this section. (2) CONSEQUENCE OF NONCOMPLIANCE- For any fiscal year after the expiration of the period specified in paragraph (1), a State that fails to be in compliance with this section shall not receive 10 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to that State under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), whether characterized as the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants program, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, or otherwise. (3) REALLOCATION- Amounts not allocated under a program referred to in paragraph (2) to a State for failure to be in compliance with this section shall be reallocated under that program to States that have not failed to be in compliance with this section.

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MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY



NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE, FAX, EMAIL

Robert C. Scott (D-VA) [Chairman] 1201 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202-225-8351
FAX 202-225-8354
http://www.house.gov/writerep/?Submit=Email+Bobby+Scott

Maxine Waters (D-CA) 2344 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2201
FAX 202-225-7854
http://www.house.gov/waters/IMA/issue.htm

Bill Delahunt (D-MA)

2454 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-3111
FAX 202-225-5658
william.delahunt@mail.house.gov

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

2334 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-5635
FAX 202-225-6923
http://www.house.gov/nadler/emailform.shtml

Hank Johnson (D-GA)

1133 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515
202-225-1605
FAX 202-226-0691
http://hankjohnson.house.gov/contact.shtml

Anthony Weiner (D-NY)

1122 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-6616
FAX 202-226-7253
weiner@mail.house.gov

Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

2435 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-3816
FAX 202-225-3317
http://www.jacksonlee.house.gov/contact.shtml

Artur Davis (D-AL)

208 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-2665
FAX 202-226-9567
http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/zipauth.shtml

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

2446 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-2906
FAX 202-225-6942
http://www.house.gov/formbaldwin/IMA/get_address.htm

Betty Sutton (D-OH)

1721 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-3401
FAX 202-225-2266
http://sutton.house.gov/about/emailform.cfm

Louie Gohmert (R-TX) [Ranking Member]

510 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-3035
FAX 202-226-1230
http://gohmert.house.gov/contact_louie.htm

J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)

307 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-6365
FAX 202-226-1170
http://randyforbes.house.gov/zipauth.html

F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)

2449 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-5101
FAX 202-225-3190
http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/email_zip.htm

Howard Coble (R-NC)

2468 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-3065
FAX 202-225-8611
howard.coble@mail.house.gov

Steve Chabot (R-OH)

129 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC

20515
202-225-2216
FAX 202-225-3012
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Dan Lungren (R-CA)

2448 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC

20515