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States where juveniles serve life terms

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d0 Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:
State Life Life-nonfatal crimes
Ala. 62 0
Ariz. 32 0
Ark. 73 0
Calif. 250 4
Colo. 48 0
Conn. 9 0
Del. 7 1
Fla. 266 77
Ga. 8 0
Hawaii 4 0
Idaho 4 0
Ill. 103 0
Ind. 2 0
Iowa 44 6
Ky. 5 0
La. 335 17
Md. 13 0
Mass. 57 0
Mich. 346 0
Minn. 2 0
Miss. 24 2
Mo. 116 0
Mont. 1 0
Neb. 24 1
Nev. 16 0
N.H. 3 0
N.C. 44 0
N.D. 1 0
Ohio 2 0
Okla. 48 0
Pa. 444 0
R.I. 2 0
S.C. 26 1
S.D. 9 0
Tenn. 4 0
Texas 4 0
Utah 1 0
Va. 48 0
Wash. 28 0
Wis. 16 0
Wyo. 6 0
Federal Prisons 37 0
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Source: Human Rights WatchPaolo G. Annino, David W. Rasmussen and Chelsea Boehme Rice from Florida State University.

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