The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sentences long enough that an inmate would likely not live to see his or her parole date, also known as “functional life sentences,” were unconstitutional to ...

Numerous juveniles face lengthy sentences in adult courts. July 12, 2010— -- At the age of 16, Cameron Williams lives a life far removed from the world of other teenagers. Williams, who ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Former inmates who committed violent crimes as teenagers but were then freed two years ago are living with a ...

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juveniles to mandatory life in prison for crimes like aggravated first-degree murder is tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment, and thus 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 ...