National Report On Life Sentences Released

The Sentencing Project has released a report on life sentences in America. In the United States over 140,000 people are serving life sentences with nearly 30% of those inmates serving life sentences without the possibility for parole. The report found that Pennsylvania has the 2nd largest population of inmates who have been sentenced to life. Report Co-Author Ashley Nellis said that at the very least she would like to see all life sentences carry an option for parole. In Pennsylvania all life sentences carry no option for parole. Nellis says the report also found that sentences of life without parole have tripled nationally since 1992.