Advocates want to expand access to early parole for people who committed crimes before age 26 and were given lengthy sentences.

Steven Brown, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, wrote to The Herald that the ACLU has “long believed” that life without parole sentences “rob individuals of ...

Akeem Hargrove, left, stands with his attorney, Stanley Booker, a short time before Hargrove was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the Dec. 22, 2022, shooting death of ...

Austin Thompson, who was 15 years old when he killed five people in a Raleigh neighborhood in 2022, will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no possibility of parole, a judge decided Friday.

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 ...

A new bill introduced at the Rhode Island State House would, if passed, eliminate the possibility of life without parole for ...

The prosecution is fighting back against a Superior Court judge’s opinion that life sentences without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for minors in New Hampshire. The debate has played ...