FreeEugeneCarney

EUGENE R CARNEY (GG)

DOB: 10/11/1964

Benner Township Philadelphia

 

It is unconstitutional to sentence a juvenile to life without the posbility of parole. The alleged crime was committed at the age of 16. Eugene has been in prison for 35 years. He was arrested in October 1981. He was charged with 1st degree murder. After serving over 35 years in prison Eugene is a changed man. He has accepted responsibility for his actions that led to his incarceration.

About 2,570 juveniles are currently serving life sentences, including over 450 in Pennsylvania, the most of any state in the United States.

Four-fifths of these sentences were decided by judges who had no ability to use their individual discretion, and Human Rights Watch says the U.S. is the only country in the world to apply this harsh sentence to people under the age of 18.

Meanwhile, 12 states and the District of Columbia have banned juvenile life sentences without parole (JLWOP), and another seven have no JLWOP prisoners.

African American youth are sentenced to life without parole as children at a per capita rate that is 10 times that of White youth.

Let's put a end to juveniles being sentenced to life without parole. Please sign and share our petition today