JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man who committed one of the city’s most notorious murders when he was 14 years old appeared in court Tuesday to begin the process of having his life sentence ...

The Supreme Court has made it clear that the long-settled principle of “presumption of innocence” applies only until an accused is tried and convicted, and does not survive once a trial court records ...

Joseph Adams, 45, was sentenced in connection to the October 2024 shooting on Monday, Oct. 20 Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail A 45-year-old Virginia man has been given two life sentences for his ...

Pennsylvania’s high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state’s constitutional ban on ...

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 ...

There’s a little-understood law in Pennsylvania that can send someone to prison for life without parole for murder, even when they didn’t actually kill someone. It’s called felony murder, or ...