A&e Network has ordered a second season of Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole, a docuseries which tells the stories of convicted juvenile offenders who received mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole. The new season is set to premiere this fall.
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that such mandatory life sentences for minors are unconstitutional, these inmates can now petition the court for a new sentencing hearing. The second season will chronicle eight convicted offenders fighting for a second chance while also giving voice to the families of their victims who must grapple with the possibility that they could soon be released. The series posits the question, can juveniles who committed murder ever truly be rehabilitated? In each episode, viewers will hear testimony from leading psychologists, law enforcement, and legal experts as well as first-person interviews with the inmates themselves and the loved...
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that such mandatory life sentences for minors are unconstitutional, these inmates can now petition the court for a new sentencing hearing. The second season will chronicle eight convicted offenders fighting for a second chance while also giving voice to the families of their victims who must grapple with the possibility that they could soon be released. The series posits the question, can juveniles who committed murder ever truly be rehabilitated? In each episode, viewers will hear testimony from leading psychologists, law enforcement, and legal experts as well as first-person interviews with the inmates themselves and the loved...
- 2/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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