In two major criminal law decisions Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment does not allow sentences of life in prison without parole for juveniles who committed nonhomicide crimes ...

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FRONTLINE documentaries have examined incarceration in the U.S., including the debate over prison reform, the sentencing of juvenile offenders, the use of solitary confinement, the treatment of ...

Attorney Bryan Stevenson has spent years fighting for people on death row and juveniles sentenced to life in prison. He won a landmark 2012 victory before the U.S. Supreme Court, which found mandatory ...

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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill Tuesday expanding the role of prosecutors in juvenile court proceedings and increasing access to juvenile records by law enforcement. The new law also increases ...