Children can and do commit terrible crimes. When they do, they should be held accountable, but in a manner that reflects their special capacity for rehabilitation. However, in the United States the ...

If Bill S.1087 becomes law, anyone who was under 21 when convicted of manslaughter or first- or second-degree murder and ...

The California Senate approved a measure Tuesday that would allow inmates sentenced to life without parole the opportunity to request an early release if their crimes were committed before the age of ...

— -- 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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A 67-year-old Cleveland man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually assaulting four young girls over a ten-year period. Billy Flynn was sentenced Wednesday to life ...

When commencing our research for this report, Human Rights Watch discovered that, while the U.S. Department of Justice uses FBI crime statistics to compile data on juvenile crime, and the U.S. Office ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- A California parole board decided to deny Erik Menendez parole, and he will have to remain in prison for the 1989 murders of his parents when he was 18 years old. Menendez and his ...

“Your honor, I?d like permission to speak,” he said, his voice rising. But his attorney, public defender Natasha Moody, cut him off and ordered him to remain silent. When asked after the brief morning ...