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WHEN KIDS GET LIFE

The U.S. is one of the very few countries in the world that allows children under 18 to be prosecuted as adults and sentenced to life without parole. Currently there are more than 2000 of these young offenders imprisoned for the rest of their natural lives. This is the story of five of them in the state of Colorado.

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a conversation with producer ofra bikel

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posted may. 8, 2007

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