Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is “not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve,” Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice. “If you close hope in a cell, there is no future for society,” the pope told thousands of guards, chaplains, volunteers and their family members during an audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Francis: life without parole no solution
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