Although the High Court upheld his conviction for the crime, it voided the life sentence and ordered compensation of Rs ...

The murders of Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison and Eliza Thomas have gone unsolved for more than three decades.

Four men convicted in the killing of NBA star Chris Paul’s grandfather when they were teens over 20 years ago had their convictions overturned on Friday, ...

"You’re talking about young people, and the goal is to get them out of the criminal justice system and moving forward ...

Prosecutors say they may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to restore a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of ...

Robert Tulloch, 41, who has spent the past 24 years in prison on a life sentence without possibility of parole for murdering ...

Gerald Dowling, 20, pleaded guilty in July in connection with the death of Alexa Stakely, a mom who tried to stop her car ...

Superior Court Judge William Long sentenced Strickler to serve a minimum of five years active, up to a maximum of seven years, in N.C. Division of Adult Corrections. He was also designated a habitual ...

A growing body of research shows that juvenile offenders are immature and impulsive. But in spite of landmark Supreme Court rulings, many so-called juvenile lifers are growing old behind bars.

Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...

A former Mount Zion High School student has been sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation for threatening ...