The Michigan Supreme Court made an extraordinary change to the state's sentencing law Thursday, striking down automatic, ...

The Michigan Supreme Court made an extraordinary change to the state’s sentencing law Thursday, striking down automatic, no-parole prison terms for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds convicted of murder.

Illinois House rejects bill expanding parole eligibility for youth offenders, despite prior reforms and debate.

A judge sentenced a mother for accidentally shooting her daughter at a Springfield business in the summer of 2022.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office is in court today in Van Nuys to ask a judge if it can retract a ...

A resentencing hearing is set to be held for Erik and Lyle Menendez on Friday in Los Angeles. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to ...

A French court sentenced eight people for smuggling eel larvae in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to ...

The decision was made after the state Supreme Court reviewed research showing that the brains of 19 and 20 year olds are more similar to juveniles than older adults.

A similar punishment lies at the heart of Gautam Bhatia's work of speculative fiction, The Sentence. The narrative is set in ...

An Osage County judge sentenced a man with a history of DUIs to seven years in prison for a crash that injured two people.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds are unconstitutional.