— -- WASHINGTON - Juveniles convicted of murder can't be automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 5-4 ruling, involving two 14-year ...

If Bill S.1087 becomes law, anyone who was under 21 when convicted of manslaughter or first- or second-degree murder and ...

A Georgia woman who was found guilty of killing a stranger during an attempted citizen’s arrest that went fatally wrong was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole, a Clayton County ...

Hoping to finally make headway after years of efforts, criminal justice reform advocates knocked doors Wednesday at the State House asking lawmakers to back a bill to give people serving life ...

MCCLELLANVILLE, SC (WCSC) – A convicted rapist has been sentenced to life without parole for a shooting in McClellanville in 2009. After a three day trial, Alonza Dennis was found guilty of assault ...

Lorenzo Rainer received life in prison without parole for the killing of Dana Riley, plus two consecutive life sentences for assaults on Shane Hill and Kevin Sides. Rainer shot Hill and Sides on ...

Jurors decided this morning not to extend Eric Thompson’s sentence for second-degree murder to life without the possibility of parole. The 37-year-old was convicted of multiple felonies — ...

A Superior Court judge is standing by his ruling that sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for minors in New Hampshire. The decision paves the way for the ...