PDF ACLU of New Mexico Staff Attorney Denali Wilson talks about the need for the Second Chance Bill in New Mexico.
In this interview, ACLU of New Mexico’s Staff Attorney Denali Wilson talks about the need for New Mexico Senate Bill 43, the Second Chance Bill, which would create consistency and predictability for victims and communities across the state by standardizing youth sentences in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution. The bill would ban juvenile life without parole and create early parole for those serving long adult sentences for crimes committed as children.