The Pendulum Foundation believes in second chances. As a juvenile justice non-profit organization, we are committed to educating the public about the issues surrounding children convicted and sentenced as adults. We are also committed to taking into prison MRT, a ground breaking cognitive behavior program, which will help transform the lives of young prisoners. Our goal is to ensure – whether inside or outside of prison -- happy, healthy, well-adjusted and productive adults.
Our 501( c )4 arm, Pendulum Juvenile Justice, is dedicated to juvenile sentencing reform. In that capacity, we are the first state to lower juvenile LWOP sentences. We are also the first state to create a juvenile clemency board.
John Leonard New York Magazine
"... As usual with Bikel, there is a minimum of editorializing, a maximum of alert sympathy for everybody talked to, and a startled eye, a kind of exacerbated witness, on unruly emotions and lunatic systems. We emerge from When Kids Get Life, as from each of her previous films, not merely indignant, but injured in our humanism."
When Kids Get Life
original broadcast - May 08, 2007 at 9pm
FRONTLINE WEB SITE
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You can contact the governor's office, 303-866-2471, and ask him to commute to time served all 5 of the Colorado juveniles featured in the Frontline broadcast, "When Kids Get Life".
You can also email the governor at
Many people ask us how they can help. So we have put together a list of different ways you can offer support to our cause of helping juveniles in prison.
We hope you will consider one or more of the options below.
The legal system needs change and the people are the only ones who can force that change. By taking action we can show the system just where we stand on the treatment of our juveniles being thrown into the adult courts and prisons.
3) House Party
1) End life sentences for ALL juveniles EVERYWHERE! Support HR4300, which would end juvenile LWOP in YOUR state
Please watch an important video in support of HR4300 put together by a mother whose own child is living a sentence of LWOP.
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Panel makes inroads
With a system to review offenders finally in place, the first-of-its-kind board has started assessing cases.
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 07/06/2008 11:39:22 PM MDT
Nearly a year after Gov. Bill Ritter established the nation's first juvenile-clemency board, the panel has delved into individual cases — and could soon make its first recommendations on whether to offer some young offenders a second chance.
After establishing eligibility criteria and crafting an application process, the board reviewed two cases at its June 20 meeting, has given four others serious consideration and expects several more to be in the pipeline soon.
Some final clemency decisions likely will come before the end of the year, said Mark Noel, the state director for extradition and clemency. Adult clemency traditionally has been announced around Christmastime.
PENDULUM PRESS COVERAGE
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A neutral site dealing with all sides of the juvenile-adult system. Includes posts from some young prisoners.
Posts from family members and offenders of young prisoners. Also calls to action.
for victims of juvenile LWOPS
INFORMATIVE BLOGS
Read a special report from the Denver Post about the Case of Tim Masters. At 15 he was a suspect in the murder of a local woman. His is truly a story of unbelievable injustice. Please click here to read his story in our current newsletter.
DONATIONS
Or you can donate to Pendulum Juvenile Justice, a 501c4, for lobbying and legislative issues such as the HR-4300 bill. Your donation is not tax deductible.
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ARTICLES
August 8, 2008
Face The State Staff Report
Read these and others on our articles page.
CHILDREN ARE OUR MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE
Nathan Ybanez deserved a better defense than the one he got
Rocky Mountain News
Published December 10, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Jurors in Nathan Ybanez's trial 10 years ago for murdering his mother should have been told about the apparent abuse the teenager was subjected to in his home, but they never were.
