Now nearly every state allows the option of life without parole (Texas introduced it only in 2005).

现在几乎每个州都允许判处不可假释的终生监禁来代替死刑（德州在2005年才推行这一制度）。

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In the US, life terms have fallen disproportionately on non-white children, who are 10 times more likely than white children to be given life without parole, the report found.

在美国，生活条件都不成比例地落在非白人儿童，他们是10倍更有可能比白人儿童被赋予生命，不得假释，该报告发现。

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In fact, some of the states that most avidly execute prisoners, such as Texas and Oklahoma, have higher crime rates than states that offer only life in prison without parole.

事实上，在热衷处死囚犯的那些州——比如德克·萨斯和俄克拉荷马——其犯罪率比那些只监禁犯人而不提供假释的州高多了。

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The court is scheduled to hear cases involving gun rights, free speech and whether juvenile offenders should be sentenced to life in prison without parole in criminal cases that do not involve murder.

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Two cases in which juvenile offenders got life without parole didn't even involve murder.

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Antonio Nunez was 14 years old when he committed a crime that gave him life without parole.

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He was, however, convicted of killing Kathleen and sentenced to life without parole.

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