In this one-off documentary Susanna Reid goes behind bars in America to meet murder convicts who killed when they were children, as the country questions, what is the correct punishment for this most shocking of crimes?
The USA is unique in giving so-called ‘death in prison’ sentences to juveniles who kill. But in 2016 the American Supreme Court ruled such sentences are ‘unconstitutional’ and it is a cruel and unusual punishment to send a child to die behind bars – allowing murderers to have their sentences re-examined with the potential chance of one day being paroled.
With exclusive access to some of the most notorious juvenile killers in the American prison system, their families, and the families of their victims, Susanna Reid reveals the complex issues surrounding Children Who Kill.
