The most important thing to do when you’re facing criminal charges is to get professional help. You need someone who knows the ins and outs of the law, who can guide you through the cr… Read More

 by Necalli Ollin"Given the robust development of children's rights, it is   absurd to assert that, while juveniles have many rights,   being treated as a juvenile i… Read More

by Necalli Ollin Efrén Paredes Jr. is a 50-year-old Latinx man serving a life without parole (LWOP) sentence for a 1989 homicide and robbery that occurred in Berrien County, Michigan… Read More

by Efrén Paredes, Jr.A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court banned mandatory life without parole (LWOP) sentences for justice-involved children under age 18 ("juvenile lifers"), Michig… Read More

by Necalli OllinThe Injustice Must End (TIME)During the last month Efrén Paredes, Jr. responded to questions regarding being resentenced to life without parole (LWOP) for a homicide a… Read More

by Efrén Paredes, Jr. In 1993 a 17-year-old Flint youth named Victor Polk was charged, along with four other juveniles, for the armed robbery of a store and shooting death of a man. H… Read More

NAACP Criminal Justice Program Problems. The NAACP demands policy and administrative modifications that will:Sentencing Reform The NAACP seeks to eradicate harsh and unjust sentencing techni… Read More

by Efrén Paredes, Jr.http://Bitly.com/FreeEfrenAs Michigan leads the nation in the chilling number of COVID-19 deaths occurring inside its prison, 196 incarcerated people sentenced to… Read More

by Necalli Ollin"Government improprieties should not find an oasis within the court system." (Robert M. Bloom, "Judicial Integrity: A Call for Its Re-Emergence in the Adjudication of Crimina… Read More

by Necalli OllinThe Wyoming Supreme Court recently handed down an important ruling in the case of Davis v. Wyoming regarding prisoners who received life without parole (LWOP) sentences when… Read More

by Necalli OllinAfter thunderstorms barreled through the state Sunday morning, clouds dispersed later that day to create a sunny backdrop for the widely anticipated "Juvenile Lifer Rally for… Read More

by Efren Paredes, Jr.Advocates for prisoners who were sentenced to life without parole ("LWOP") for crimes they were convicted of committing when they were juveniles ("juvenile lifers"), rec… Read More

In 1981, Bernard Lee Hamilton was found guilty of the murder of a woman named Eleanore Buchanan and sentenced to death.  Although the facts of the crime are quite gruesome, th… Read More