A new law, which took effect Jan. 1, offers hope for serious juvenile offenders in Tennessee while at the same time holding them more accountable. Up until now, juvenile court jurisdiction over a ...

Passing Senate Bill 1548 would give children convicted of homicide a chance to avoid life without parole, recognizing their ...

A 16-year-old will likely be sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated battery for a shooting that injured a juvenile. Nayshaun O. Washington of Fort Wayne entered a plea ...

The Supreme Courts proportionality jurisprudence under the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause appears to be undergoing a kind of renaissance. Since 2002, the Court has held that the death penalty is ...