The YEARS Project is dedicated to winning resentencings for people who were little more than children when they committed their crimes and received soul-crushing sentences, even life without the possibility of parole – before their lives had even really begun. Through extensive though costly "mitigation" investigations, YEARS cases present the full scope of our clients’ trajectories: the often-horrific circumstances of their youth and the near inevitability of their criminal entanglements followed by the inspiring proof of their evolution and growth despite the brutal conditions of incarceration. Exactly as the neuroscience says, children and young adults have an incredible capacity for change, and none of our clients was “permanently incorrigible” so as to deserve in any way, shape, or form, the virtual life sentences imposed on them.

We are grateful for your support and hope you join us in our effort to bring more clients home!