Clemency for Kenneth Young

Clemency for Kenneth Young

The Issue

On December 9, the Florida Office of Executive Clemency will consider the case of Kenneth Young, who was sentenced to life without parole for aiding an older drug dealer in a series of armed robberies when he was 14. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that life without parole sentences are unconstitutional in non-murder cases, but the state has failed to act on Young's case, and only a few of the other defendants serving life without parole have been resentenced (usually to extremely long sentences). 

Sign the petition below to urge Gov. Charlie Crist and the clemency board to grant clemency for Kenneth Young.

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The Issue

On December 9, the Florida Office of Executive Clemency will consider the case of Kenneth Young, who was sentenced to life without parole for aiding an older drug dealer in a series of armed robberies when he was 14. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that life without parole sentences are unconstitutional in non-murder cases, but the state has failed to act on Young's case, and only a few of the other defendants serving life without parole have been resentenced (usually to extremely long sentences). 

Sign the petition below to urge Gov. Charlie Crist and the clemency board to grant clemency for Kenneth Young.

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Florida Office of Executive Clemency
Florida Office of Executive Clemency

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Petition created on December 2, 2010