WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to sentence minors convicted of murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a ruling that reflects a change in course driven by a ...

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge John Corbett O’Meara ordered an end to life-without-parole sentencing for juveniles in the state of Michigan. The order comes a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Maryland doesn’t have mandatory life-without-parole sentences, but critics note that no juvenile serving a life sentence in Maryland has been paroled in the last two decades. The post 300 juveniles ...

A new bill introduced at the Rhode Island State House would, if passed, eliminate the possibility of life without parole for youth offenders.

Is it fair to punish people for their entire lives based on something they did as a child? Quantel Lotts, who is facing a life sentence for a murder he committed when he was 14 years old, doesn’t ...

Six months ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling mandating resentencing hearings for the roughly 500 inmates in Pennsylvania prisons who are serving mandatory life without parole sentences handed ...

Cheves Ligon (pictured) represents a teenaged defendant who is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for a slaying he committed before the Texas Legislature changed the law, which ...

Passing Senate Bill 1548 would give children convicted of homicide a chance to avoid life without parole, recognizing their ...