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Lfl-Press-Kit.Pdf In the United States today, more than 2,500 individuals are serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed when they were 17 years old or younger. Children as young as 13 are among the thousands serving these sentences. Lost for Life, a new film from director Joshua Rofé, produced by Ted Leonsis, Rick Allen, Mark Jonathan Harris (director of three Academy Award-winning films) and Peter Landesman, tells the stories of these individuals, of their families’ and of the families of victims of juvenile murder. The result of four years of Rofé’s intensive effort, Lost for Life is a searing documentary—one that tackles this contentious issue from multiple perspectives and explores the complexity of the affected individuals’ lives. Lost for Life refuses to give easy answers, but prompts many questions, and forces us to consider what we mean by justice, punishment, mercy, redemption and forgiveness. And this conversation is vitally important. On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued an historic ruling in Miller v. Alabama, holding that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In arriving at this decision, the Court recognized that children are fundamentally different from adults, and the criminal justice system must treat them accordingly. Brain science has demonstrated that juveniles’ lack of maturity may include a biologically underdeveloped sense of responsibility, which may lead to recklessness, impulsivity, and heedless risk taking. Prior to this decision, in some states, certain crimes carried with them a mandatory sentence of life-without-parole upon conviction. A judge had no discretion to depart from this automatic sentence. Under Miller, a judge may now consider the characteristics of the offender and the details of the offense before deciding whether to impose a sentence of life-without-parole on a juvenile. While the Supreme Court believed that requiring judges to consider “children’s diminished culpability, and heightened capacity for change” would make such sentences “uncommon,” in reality these sentences continue to be handed down on a regular basis. Moreover, because the Court made no specific recommendations concerning how those serving automatic life-without-parole sentences would be resentenced, relief has been hard to come by. In fact, in an apparent attempt to circumvent Miller, a number of governors have indicated their intention to replace mandatory life-without-parole sentences with mandatory prison terms of 65 or 70 years. The Supreme Court determines whether a particular sentence is cruel and unusual according to “the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.” Thus, the law changes as society’s ideas about what constitutes just punishment change. Still, most people are unaware of how we treat our convicted criminals – or of the emotional trauma sustained by the families of their victims. While these difficult topics are easy to ignore, justice can only be based on common societal answers to key moral questions. For this reason, Lost for Life is an essential film. It is our responsibility to determine the standards of decency for our society. After watching this film, that responsibility becomes impossible to ignore. ! ! ! "!#$%!&$'()*)!+,'%-./*'(!! ! 0*,$./$%!1!+,'%-.$%!23!! 4')5-6!7'89! ! +,'%-.$%!23!! #$%!&$'()*):!7*.;!"<<$(:!=6,;!4'(6/56(!>6,,*):!+$/$,!&6(%$)?6(! ! @0A#@0!BC! 46)'(!7')$(8*$<%!"DED@D! ! FCFGH+FAF! 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The company also operates Kettler Capitals Iceplex (the Capitals training facility and front office) and George Mason University’s Patriot Center. In 2008 Leonsis founded SnagFilms, which enables online audiences to find, watch, share and support thousands of documentary films. SnagFilms grew out of Leonsis’ experience as a producer of such award-winning documentary films. He produced Nanking, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the Documentary Editing Award. It has won a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award. His second production, Kicking It, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and aired on ESPN. A third documentary produced by Leonsis, A Fighting Chance, aired on ESPN in fall 2010, and his newest production, Lost for Life, will screen in the AFI Docs and Nantucket film festivals in June 2013. In addition to being the Internet’s leading site for watching and sharing nonfiction films, SnagFilms owns indieWIRE, the leading news, information and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike. While working on documentaries and establishing SnagFilms, Leonsis coined and championed the term “filmanthropy.” It is his unique way of combining film and philanthropy, raising the awareness of important issues with the goal of promoting change by increasing volunteerism and activating charitable giving. Leonsis retired from active management of AOL in 2006, where during the previous 13 years he held a number of senior positions, including vice chairman and president. Since his retirement from active management at AOL, Leonsis retains the position of vice chairman emeritus. At a May 2010 ceremony celebrating AOL’s 25th anniversary, one of the buildings on AOL’s Virginia campus was renamed the Leonsis Creative Center in his honor. Recently Leonsis was chairman of Revolution Money, which provides secure payments through an Internet-based platform and in 2009 was sold to American Express; Leonsis is now on the board of directors at American Express. He is currently chairman of Clearspring Technologies, the largest online content sharing network, which connects publishers, services and advertisers to audiences on the social web. Over the past 20 years he has been a board member or early investor in a number of successful technology companies, from Google to Groupon. Leonsis’ book The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets To Extraordinary Success In Work And Life was published in February 2010 and quickly became a bestseller. Previous books by Leonsis include Blue Magic: The People, Power, and Politics Behind The IBM Personal Computer (1988.) In addition to serving on the board of directors of American Express, where he is chairman of the Technology and Innovation Committee, Leonsis sits on the board of publicly held companies such as Nutrisystem and Rosetta Stone. He also serves on the Technology Committee of the board of directors for Alcatel-Lucent. He also serves on the board of directors of his alma mater, Georgetown University. Leonsis has numerous business interests and investments, including the following companies: Algentis, GridPoint, Triporati, Mahalo.com, MediaBank, MobilePosse, ObjectVideo, SB Nation, TidalTV and Zedge. Leonsis is a committed philanthropist and is actively involved with numerous charities, including Best Buddies, D.C. Central Kitchen, See Forever Foundation, Street Soccer USA, Venture Philanthropy Partners, YouthAIDS and others through the work of the Leonsis Foundation. Early in his career Leonsis was the founder of several new media companies, including Redgate Communications, a pioneering “new media company” – a phrase Leonsis is crediting with coining – that in 1993 was the first company acquired by AOL. He was also the founder of six personal computer magazines and worked on the introduction of the IBM PC and the Apple Macintosh. He co-invented a successful board game called “Only in New York” and served as a marketing executive with Harris Corp and Wang Laboratories. He once served as mayor of Orchid, Fla. Among his many honors, Leonsis has been named Washington’s Businessman of the Year, a Washingtonian of the Year, one of the 20 most influential people in sports, one of America’s most creative executives and a top 10 entrepreneur of the year. Leonsis blogs daily at TedsTake.com.
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