{"id":3294,"date":"2026-04-26T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:05:06","slug":"she-was-in-his-cell-waiting-to-be-executed-and-he-asked-as-a-lastsee-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/?p=3294","title":{"rendered":"She was in his cell, waiting to be executed, and he asked as a last\u2026See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States, one of the countries with the highest number of incarcerated people in the world, faces a reality that has generated controversy, international criticism, and profound reflection on its judicial system:<\/p>\n<p>at least 79 minors under the age of 14 are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1983144\" data-uid=\"0519b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The figure, revealed by human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the Equal Justice Initiative,<\/p>\n<p>has sparked debate about juvenile justice and the moral limits of criminal punishment in the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1983144\" data-uid=\"10399\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cases contributing to this statistic are as diverse as they are disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>Some minors were charged with homicide during robberies, others<\/p>\n<p>with complicity in crimes where they didn\u2019t even use a weapon. In most cases,<\/p>\n<p>they come from communities marked by poverty, neglect, structural racism, and domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most emblematic examples is that of Lionel Tate, arrested at age 12 for the death of a 6-year-old girl during a simulated wrestling match.<\/p>\n<p>Although his sentence was later reviewed, his case sparked a debate about the trial and punishment of minors as adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States, one of the countries with the highest number of incarcerated people in the world, faces a reality that has generated controversy, international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3296,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3294\/revisions\/3296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/50statefeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}