I'm Rainey Aronson, executive producer of the PBS series Frontline, and you're listening to the

Frontline dispatch.

This time, a life sentence, victims offenders, justice justice and my mother a special presentation in

collaboration with the public radio site transomorg and this American life

the frontline dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation Journalism Initiative,

Committed to Excellence.

There are more than 2,000 people in prisons across the country who were convicted of murder as juveniles and sentenced the life without the possibility of parole.

But recent Supreme Court decisions have found such sentences unconstitutional,

and they've set in motion a process of re-evaluating these juvenile lifers.

To close out the first season of the Front Line Dispatch, we have three stories by producer

Samantha Brown and Jay Allison.

The stories will come out once a week for the next three weeks.

This first piece was originally made for the public radio website Transome.org and we are presenting

an update to a version that aired on this American life.

It's the story of a terrible crime with a far-reaching effect.

It's a signal moment, turning point for how we deal with prisoners and how politicians deal with

with the criminal justice system.

This is an intensely personal documentary, but it extends into public life

and into the heart of our political and correctional systems, especially in Pennsylvania.

A caution, the program can especially in Pennsylvania.

A caution, the program contains descriptions of sexual violence and may not be suitable for some

listeners.

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