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  1. What's Your Verdict: 14 Years Old and Life Without Parole ?

    Tue, 22 May 2012

    death penalty for juvenile offenders, but what about life without parole ? Justices are considering two cases: One involves Evan case involves Kuntrell Jackson, who was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for a murder that occurred just after his

  2. 172 Days to Go, Sleepover for World Leaders, 2 Candidates Named Roy, Biden Doesn't Blame WV (PM Note)

    Fri, 18 May 2012

    very different versions of this story - http://abcn.ws/sQxvQf Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs: Life without parole for juveniles? - http://abcn.ws/M2qetR Al Gore's New Girlfriend - http://abcn.ws/JVAl3N

  3. Judge Delays Mladic Trial Due to Evidence Errors

    Thu, 17 May 2012

    Mladic has refused to enter pleas to the charges but denies wrongdoing. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment . Court spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic told The Associated Press that much of the material the defense did not get was about

  4. Ratko Mladic's Genocide Trial Gets Under Way

    Wed, 16 May 2012

    he denies wrongdoing, saying he acted to defend Serbs in Bosnia. If he is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment . His lawyer, Branko Lukic, said Mladic's spirits were up ahead of the trial. "He's feeling better," he said

  5. Ratko Mladic's Genocide Trial Gets Under Way

    Wed, 16 May 2012

    he denies wrongdoing, saying he acted to defend Serbs in Bosnia. If he is convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment . He suffered a stroke while in hiding and has had other health problems since arriving in The Hague. He now looks little

  6. Ratko Mladic Finally Faces Justice at UN Court

    Tue, 15 May 2012

    present their case before Mladic begins his defense. If he is ultimately convicted, Mladic faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment . Since Mladic was first indicted at the height of the fighting in Bosnia, international law has progressed and the permanent

News

  1. Connecticut Repeals Death Penalty

    Wed, 25 Apr 2012

    moment for sober reflection, not celebration," he wrote. The new law replaces the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole . It abolished the death penalty for future cases, but it does not affect sentences for the 11 inmate's currently on

  2. Supreme Court Due for Some Big Decisions

    Tue, 17 Apr 2012

    Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs : Life without parole for juveniles? The Supreme Court can no longer receive sentences of life without parole . Now it will address whether juvenile olds - should receive sentences of life without parole . The court heard two cases regarding

  3. Family Massacre Survivor William Petit Opposes Repeal of CT Death Penalty

    Wed, 4 Apr 2012

    about whether the bill should move forward or not. The proposed bill would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole . It would abolish the death penalty for future cases, but would not affect sentences for the 11 inmate's currently

  4. Shallow Grave Could That of Two Missing Michigan Women

    Mon, 26 Mar 2012

    weekend's discovery might bring answers to the two missing girl's families, they still want justice to be served. " Life without parole with what they did here. They deserve it. They took these girls lives away from them forever, " Brown's aunt, Jacquelyn

  5. Supreme Court to weigh life term for juveniles convicted of murder

    Mon, 19 Mar 2012

    Attorney General Kent Holt will argue the states' case. The Alabama attorney general's office says prosecutors seek life without parole -- as many state legislatures require them to -- only when adolescents commit particularly brutal crimes. Earlier Supreme

  6. Juvenile Murderers: Is Life Without Parole Unconstitutional?

    Sun, 18 Mar 2012

    sentenced to life imprisonment without parole papers that life without parole homicide authorize life without parole for non including life imprisonment without parole States serving life - without - parole sentences

  7. Kentucky Woman Who Killed Mother, Cut Baby From Womb Pleads Guilty

    Fri, 17 Feb 2012

    (Photo Credit: Miranda Pederson/The Daily News/AP Photo) A Kentucky woman faces life without parole after pleading guilty but mentally ill today to killing a young expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb. Kathy Coy

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Videos

  1. Daycare Murder Verdict: Guilty, But Mentally Ill

    Fri, 16 Mar 2012

    insane when he shot rusty snyderman. But the jury did find he was mentally ill at the time of the crime he will now serve life without parole in prison. Not time in a mental health facility as the defense had hoped. The jury has reached a verdict as Henry Newman

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    mentally ill at the time of the crime he will now serve life without parole in prison. Not time in a mental health facility as the defense had hoped.
  2. UNC Student's Killer Gets Life Sentence

    Tue, 20 Dec 2011

    armed robbery felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods. The murder verdict automatically sent to prison for life without parole but the judge tacked on another fourteen years for the other crimes. Judge as Carson's parents if they wanted to speak

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    possession of stolen goods. The murder verdict automatically sent to prison for life without parole but the judge tacked on another fourteen years for the other crimes. Judge as Carson's parents if they wanted to speak. But
  3. Nightline (05.28.10)

    Sat, 29 May 2010

    law. The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that life without parole for any crime committed by a teen with the exception of There are more than 2000 people serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed when they were under the age of eighteen

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    who break the law. The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that life without parole for any crime committed by a teen with the exception of homicides is unconstitutional. Cruel and unusual punishment. Well thirteen -- in
    up like adults. There are more than 2000 people serving sentences of life without parole for crimes committed when they were under the age of eighteen teens. Sentenced to live out their lives and die in prison.
  4. Casey Anthony: How Damaging Is Profane Phone Call?

    Tue, 5 Jul 2011

    right here and the judge was very clear. That you can get a murder one conviction and then possibly death penalty or life without parole . F eight it's premeditated murder premeditation can be formed in the blink of an high. Or date felony murder if there

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    can get a murder one conviction and then possibly death penalty or life without parole . F eight it's premeditated murder premeditation can be formed in the blink of an high. Or date felony murder if there was
  5. Reviews: 'Red' and 'Conviction'

    Mon, 18 Oct 2010

    interest rates sister who spent eighteen years of her life trying to clear the name of her brother who was sentenced to life without parole for really a brutal murder. She thinks he got an unfair trial she decides to come up with a plan. He's can kind phone

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    trying to clear the name of her brother who was sentenced to life without parole for really a brutal murder. She thinks he got an unfair trial she decides to come up with a plan.
  6. Nov. 12, 2004: Scott Peterson Found Guilty

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    second degree murder in the death of unborn baby boy. Jurors will now decide whether to give Peterson the death penalty or life without parole . ABC's Taina Hernandez has been in the courtroom since the trial began. After five months of testimony in less than

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    Jurors will now decide whether to give Peterson the death penalty or life without parole . ABC's Taina Hernandez has been in the courtroom since the trial began.
  7. Man Hides Grisly 1983 Triple Murder

    Sat, 13 Nov 2010

    would change kids for generations to come. Legislators would toughen laws so that kids could get major prison time even life without parole and some states. But none of that would come to pass for Peter He walks free after three years with a clean record a

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    would toughen laws so that kids could get major prison time even life without parole and some states. But none of that would come to pass for Peter --
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