The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with how to decide a convicted Mississippi murderer's challenge to his sentence of life in prison without parole for a crime he committed at age 15 - a ...

James Comer won a landmark court ruling after challenging the 75-year sentence for felony murder committed while a juvenile.

A 17-year-old, who previously admitted to involuntary manslaughter in the death of 36-year-old Mathew Moshi, has been sentenced to at least six months in the custody of Ohio Youth Services. This ...

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 ...

Tadaryl Shipp and then-girlfriend Christa Pike murdered Colleen Slemmer after luring her to a remote spot on the UT Ag campus.

Municipal court records identified Vincent Battiloro, 17, of Garwood, as the driver accused of intentionally striking and ...

The Senate last session included language under which most 18-year-olds would be tried as juveniles instead of as adults in ...

The Michigan Supreme Court found in 2024 the mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole was unconstitutional when applied to juvenile offenders. The Court expanded the ruling a year ...

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 ...

Jermayne Timmons was 15 years old when he fired a gun at a group of rival teens in Albany. The bullet missed the teens but fatally struck 10-year-old Kathina Thomas as she played outside her nearby ...

Jermayne Timmons was 15 years old when he fired a gun at a group of rival teens in Albany. The bullet missed the teens but fatally struck 10-year-old Kathina Thomas as she played outside her nearby ...

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 ...