Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ life without parole sentences could be a thing of the past if a prison reform bill were to pass.

RALEIGH, N.C.(AP) — A judge sentenced an 18-year-old who acknowledged killing five people in a North Carolina mass shooting to life in prison without parole Friday, rejecting arguments that he ...

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 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mandatory life sentences without the possibility for parole for second-degree murder convictions are unconstitutional. The court majority ordered ...

Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of the killing and grisly dismemberment of his wife Ana, a conviction that brings a sentence of life without parole. But this is Massachusetts, and due punishment ...

Cliff Gardner and Mark Geragos celebrate judge's ruling that reduced the life without the possibility of parole sentence for their longtime clients Lyle and Erik Menendez Credit: Courtesy Michele ...

Mark Van Winkle was serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder Getty Mark Van Winkle was convicted in 1994 of fatally shooting Israel Espino, 21, and wounding two others He was sentenced to life in ...

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 ...