Title When kids get life / a Frontline co-production with Ofra Bikel Productions ; WGBH ; written, produced and directed by Ofra Bikel.

Publication Info.	Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2007]
	©2007

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	DVD 364.152 WHEN	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, Region 1; stereo.
Performer	Narrator: Will Lyman.
Credits	Editor, Karen K.H. Sim; director of photography, Ben McCoy; music, Thomas Rutishauser.
Note	Originally broadcast on May 8, 2007 as a segment of the television program Frontline.
	This film is presented in "widescreen" format; enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.
Audience	Not rated.
Summary	The United States is one of the only countries in the world that allows children under 18 to be sentenced to life without parole. This program profiles the cases of five juveniles sentenced in Colorado to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It explores whether juveniles should receive sentences that, in effect, end any possibility of life outside of prison.
Note	Includes discussion guide (PDF).
System Details	System requirements to access discussion guide: Computer; Adobe Acrobat Reader; DVD-ROM drive.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Juvenile corrections -- Colorado.
	Life imprisonment -- Colorado.
	Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Colorado.
	Juvenile detention -- Colorado.
Genre/Form	Documentary films.
	Documentary television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Bikel, Ofra. Screenwriter. Producer. Director.
	Ofra Bikel Productions.
	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
	WGBH Educational Foundation.
	PBS Home Video.
Added Title	Frontline (Television program)
ISBN	0793693624
	9780793693627
Standard No.	841887008631
Music No.	FRL62511 PBS Home Video

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