juvenile offenders

The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the state's juvenile lifer law applies retroactively to more…

Drug test and unemployment bill moves forward"People who fail or refuse to take a drug test as part of a job search could see their unemployment benefits…

Legislation to overhaul Michigan’s juvenile lifer law would not apply to inmates already sentenced as teenagers to life without parole.The bills were…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan lawmakers attempting to respond to a ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional…

Families of murder victims were among those who packed a legislative hearing room today. The hearing was on how to fix Michigan’s juvenile lifer law to…

A federal judge says 363 inmates in Michigan prisons sentenced to life without parole as juveniles should get parole hearings.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled…

Michigan is one of 25 states that allow convicted teens, under the age of 18, to be imprisoned with adults.Attorney Deborah LaBelle is a juvenile justice…

Fewer teens and kids are incarcerated now in Michigan than fifteen years ago. A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation says youth incarceration in…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to make it easier for people to wipe juvenile crimes off their record.The new law will allow…

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of murder does not…