juvenile lifers

DETROIT (AP) - Workers have been paid overtime to search for a missing court file as a man seeks a new sentence in the death of an off-duty Detroit police…

A Detroit man sentenced to life without parole for a 1977 murder is entitled to a new sentence.But efforts just to start that process have stalled again…

A 59-year-old Detroit man convicted of murder at age 17 deserves a new sentence, his supporters argued Tuesday before a hearing in Wayne County Circuit…

More than 360 Michigan inmates have been dealt a setback.The prisoners were all sentenced to automatic life without parole as teenagers. The U.S. Supreme…

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is warning against the possible release of some convicted teenage killers, saying it could spark an “unparalleled…

You might remember the story in the news recently that told of the release of a young man who had been sentenced to life without parole.Davontae Sanford…

A federal appeals court says Michigan is not complying with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down prison sentences of automatic life without…

Legislation to keep many 17-year-olds from going to adult prisons cleared a state House panel on Tuesday.Michigan is one of only a handful of states that…

Thanks to an opinion handed down Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, some 350 Michigan prison inmates woke up today with a new view on life.In a…

Back in 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools, the old “separate but equal” notion, was unconstitutional. Now…