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UHulumeni WaseNew Mexico WeDemocratic Alliance u-Michelle Lujan Grisham usayine umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesihlanu ovimbela ukugwetshwa kwezingane udilikajele ngaphandle kokufaneleka ukukhululwa.
Ngaphansi SB64i-No Life Sentences for Juveniles Act, izephulamthetho azenze ubugebengu zineminyaka engaphansi kweyi-18 futhi zathola odilikajele bazofaneleka ukulalelwa ngoshwele iminyaka eyi-15 kuya kwengama-25 ezigwetshweni zabo, kuye ngokuthi bagwetshwa nini, ngokomthetho. iwebhusayithi yezwe yomthetho.
Lo mthetho uyasebenza nakuzingane ezitholwe zinecala lokubulala ngezinga lokuqala noma ngabe ziquliswe icala njengoba sezikhulile. Uma noma yimuphi umephula-mthetho osemusha wenqatshelwa ukukhululwa, “uzoba nelungelo lokulalelwa nge-parole ngezikhathi ezithile zeminyaka emibili,” ngokusho kwalo mthethosivivinywa.
INew Mexico ijoyina inqwaba yezifunda ezenze izinyathelo ezifanayo zokugweba kulandela a Isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme sango-2021 lokho kwenza kwaba lula ukuthi labo abenze amacala abo besebancane kuno-18 ukuthi bagwetshwe udilikajele ngaphandle koshwele.
“Uma izingane zenza ubugebengu obubucayi, kufanele zithweswe icala, kodwa akufanele zichithe impilo yazo yonke ejele ngaphandle kokuthola ithuba lokuhlengwa,” kusho uSen. Kristina Ortez, omunye wabaxhasi balo mthethosivivinywa, esitatimendeni. Okuthunyelwe ku-Facebook.
Kepha abameli bezwe laseRiphabhlikhi baphikisene ngokuthi lo mthethosivivinywa uzovumela izephulamthetho ezisencane ukuthi zibaleke namacala abucayi.
Ummeli Wombuso u-John Block, waseRiphabhulikhi, wethule isichibiyelo sokungabandakanyi abaphehli bezigameko zokudubula kwabantu abaningi abangazange bafinyelele umbhalo wokugcina, yena. kusho kuTwitter. Ezinye izichibiyelo eziphakanyiswe amaRiphabhulikhi nazo ezishiywe ngaphandle, ngokusho kukaBlock, ukwanda kwezikhathi zoshwele kanye nokukhishwa ngaphandle kwabadlwenguli.
I umthetho ophasisiwe iSenethi yezwe ngasekupheleni kukaFebhuwari ngokwesekwa yi-bipartisan, futhi yaphasiswa eNdlu ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngemigqa yeqembu.
Illinois iphinde yaphasisa umthethosivivinywa ngenyanga edlule ovala izigwebo zodilikajele bezingane ngaphandle kwe-parole. Okungenani ezinye izifundazwe ezingama-24 kanye neWashington, DC, zinemithetho efanayo, ngokusho kombiko Umkhankaso Wokugwetshwa Okufanelekile Kwentshainhlangano yokumela engenzi nzuzo.
Udaba belulokhu lubhekwe izwe lonke eminyakeni yamuva nje ngenxa yemithetho eminingi yezifundazwe kanye nezinqumo zeNkantolo Ephakeme.
Umbono wenkantolo ephakeme wango-April 2021 wasichitha isinqumo sango-2012 sokuthi izigwebo ezinjalo zephula umthetho-sisekelo wokuvinjelwa kwesijeziso esinonya nesingavamile. Ngo-2010, iNkantolo Ephakeme yathi uMthethosisekelo uyakwenqabela ukuphila ngaphandle kwe-parole kwabenzi bobubi ababengaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 futhi benze amacala okungabulali.
