Downtown L.A. Criminal Court Building (Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center)
210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Court in Session at 8:30am / Judge Norm Shapiro, 11th Floor, Division 116
Press Conference - 1:30 pm, Downstairs on Temple

Steven was 14 and José was 16 when a 26-year-old told them to drive with him to "talk to some girls."  Instead, the 26-year-old sat in the back seat and fired a gun out of the car, killing a teenager on the street.  He was never arrested and has since been killed.  But, the two teenagers were convicted of murder late last year after going back and forth between juvenile hall and court for nearly three years.       

On Wednesday, January 6th, they will be sentenced. They face 50-to-Life (Steven) and Life Without the Possibility of Parole (Jose).  They are being sentenced to die in prison. Thousands of California youth are serving similar sentences. Our goal is to pack the courtroom and follow it up with a media action outside. This will be the first of many actions in 2010 to push for the END OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND OTHER EXTREME SENTENCES FOR YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA, starting by working to PASS SENATE BILL 399 which made it through the State Senate last year, and must make it through the Assembly this year.

From the: Youth Justice Coalition
Visit us @ Chuco's: 1137 E. Redondo Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90302
Mail us @: PO Box 73688, Los Angeles, CA 90003
Call us @: 323-235-4243    fax us @: 323-846-9472
E-mail us @: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it