About how many juveniles are currently serving life without parole in the United States? How many are there in the rest of the world? What does that tell you about the U. S. criminal justice system?

4. What percentage of young offenders serving life without parole have been convicted offelony murder? A quarter (25%) are estimated to be serving life without parole for felony murder. 5. Why does the felony murder statute affect juveniles more often? It tends to affect more juveniles than adults because juveniles tend to act in groups and it assignsthe punishment to everyone involved even if only one specific person committed the murder. 6. How do the victims' families benefit from the felony murder statute? The families know where the offender will be for the rest of their life. They do not have to attendparole hearings and recount their trauma time and time again. 7. About how many juveniles are currently serving life without parole in the United States? Howmany are there in the rest of the world? What does that tell you about the U. S. criminal justicesystem? In the US today there are about 2,000 juveniles currently serving life without parole. In the rest of theworld there are only 12. I think that it shows us that there is something wrong with the way we handle juvenile offenders and sentence them in this country.