— -- 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 ...

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

The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state can challenge a lower court's decision to grant parole to Dale Dwayne ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court sent a high-profile case back to the lower courts Friday in a 6-1 ruling that could determine ...

Robert Tulloch, 43, of Chelsea, is serving two consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the ...

A judge has rejected an appeal from a Monessen man who has spent 50 years in prison for the 1973 murders of two young ...

In the United States the number of juveniles serving life terms in prison without possibility of parole is more than 2000; in all the entire rest of the world, the number is 12. That's from an Amnesty ...

Those who were 19 or 20 years old and were sentenced to mandatory life without parole are now eligible for resentencing.

The court in January 2016 expanded its ban on mandatory life without parole for juveniles to more than 2,000 offenders already serving such sentences, saying teens should be treated differently than ...

Casper teen’s lawyers say a judge gave him a 42- to 75-year sentence that’s out of line with constitutional provisions ...

LITTLE ROCK — The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered new sentencing hearings for two people who were sentenced as juveniles to life in prison. The cases of Kuntrell Jackson and Lemuel Session ...

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...