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Elderly
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Elderly, blind inmate to be executed in CA next week
KGO-TV reports that "there will be no reprieve for the oldest inmate on California's Death Row. Clarence Ray Allen is still scheduled to die at San Quentin in oneweek. The…
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Elderly criminals sell pain pills to buy food
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More than half of Katrina victims were elderly
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Think about this….
Chinese seniors over 60 reach 130 million (Xinhua) The number of senior citizens above the age of 60 has reached 130 million in China, or more than one tenth of…
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Book Review: Elders on Trial: Age and Ageism in the American Legal System
Susan Haire, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, reviews ELDERS ON TRIAL: AGE AND AGEISM IN THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM, by Howard Eglit. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida,…
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91 Year Old is Nation’s Oldest Female Inmate
NPR, inthe second of two reports on elderly inmates in U.S. prisons, takes a look atthe case of the oldest female prisoner in the country. Lucille Keppenis 91 and is…
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The Nation’s Oldest Male Criminals
NPR has a story on the aging of the nation's prison population.For more information on this subject, , see NELN Bibliography, The Quality of Care of Elderly Inmates in Prison.
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Age discrimination denies elderly people a “dignified death”
A study just published in the British Medical Journal reports that:Elderly people are being denied a dignified death because of age discrimination, finds a new report from the UK charity…