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Florida ajails juveniles to life without parole trend
Florida holds 197 inmates serving life without parole for crimes committed before 18. The ages ranged from 13 to 17, with 102 being 17, mostly male and 64 percent black. The piece profiles inmates, including Tronneal Mangum and San Manuel, and regards the state as a national leader in trying youth offenders as adults.
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Lionel Tate
Nathaniel Brazill
Tate
Benet
Florida
St Petersburg Times
Florida Department of Corrections
Tampa Bay Tech
Lolita Barthel
Richard Menendez
Menendez
Barthel
Jefferson Correctional Institution
Tallahassee
Lolita
Tronneal Mangum
Palm Beach County
DeSoto Correctional Institution
Mangum
John Kamel
Kamel
Morrissa Watson
Department of Corrections
Watson
Rico Antonio Wise
Jackson Correctional Institution
Wise
Arcadia
ST Petersburg
Tampa
Dade Correctional Institution
Florida City