A judge sentenced convicted wife-killer Brian Walshe to life without parole on top of the maximum sentences for lying to police and mishandling a body to be served consecutively, in court Thursday ...

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 ...

The state’s parole board has released 39 “emerging adult” murder convicts who were originally sentenced to life without parole, but who later became eligible after a court ruling. The Massachusetts ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ life without parole sentences could be a thing of the past if a prison reform bill were to pass. Advocates gathered in the State House on Wednesday to fight for family ...

Ahkil Crumpton was found guilty on all charges in his state trial and had also been convicted in a prior federal trial.

Hoping to finally make headway after years of efforts, criminal justice reform advocates knocked doors Wednesday at the State House asking lawmakers to back a bill to give people serving life ...

The Howard County prosecutor will seek life in prison without parole for a Greentown man accused in the death of his infant ...

— -- 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 third man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murder of 28-year-old Minneapolis ...

“I didn’t even know I got [life without parole] until I talked to my lawyer after the hearing,” one young man said. Furthermore, in nearly half the California cases surveyed, respondents to Human ...

A sentence of life in prison without the possibility parole seems like it would be a punishment reserved only for the most heinous criminals, those deemed unfit for reintroduction into society. That’s ...

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 ...