Shortly after midnight on March 6, 2010, Dakotah Eliason sat in a chair in his bedroom with a .38-calibre pistol in his hands, thinking about what the world would be like if he didn’t exist. One of his friends had recently killed himself, and his girlfriend had . . . (Subscription required.)
Rachel Aviv: Dakotah Eliason, murder, and the juvenile justice system.
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Dakotah Eliason was sentenced to life without parole for first-degree homicide. His attorney did not argue that Dakotah was incompetent to stand trial for being 15. But what might have happened if he had? New York Law School’s blog, Legal as She is Spoke, elaborates. Please take a look:
http://www.lasisblog.com/2012/02/12/15-year-old-sentenced-to-life-without-parole/
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