Supreme Court says life without parole unconstitutional for non-killer juvies. WASHINGTON, May 17, 2010— -- The Supreme Court ruled today that the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual ...

— -- 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 ...

In 2007, I wrote that convicted murderer Robert Cameron Houston was "the first juvenile offender to enter the Utah State Prison with no hope of dying anywhere but in prison." The... In 2007, I wrote ...

A split Washington Supreme Court has ruled that sentencing juveniles to life without parole is unconstitutional. In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the majority affirmed a Court of Appeals ruling in the case ...

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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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday threw out mandatory life in prison without parole for juveniles. The ruling continued its trend of holding that children cannot be automatically punished the ...

The Michigan Court of Appeals tossed out Jason Symonds' life sentence in the 1994 killing of Nicole VanNoty. He's expected to be resentenced.

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 ...