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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 54-year-old Plano man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a young child, the Collin County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Christopher ...

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 ...

Massachusetts Parole Board has released 39 murder convicts who were initially sentenced to life without parole ...

A judge in Dedham, Massachusetts, called the acts of Brian Walshe “barbaric and incomprehensible” before sentencing him Thursday to life in prison without parole for killing his wife, dismembering her ...