Teen Once Sentenced to Life Can Go Home
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Lionel Tate, the Florida youth once sentenced to life in prison for the death of a playmate, can return to his mother's home while he serves probation, a judge ruled Monday.
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A black teenager who once faced attempted murder and conspiracy charges for beating a white schoolmate amid racial tension at their high school was convicted Thursday of lesser charges.
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A convicted murderer who escaped from a Michigan psychiatric facility in 1976 was back behind bars Thursday after living most of his 30 years on the run as an otherwise law-abiding family man in Tennessee, authorities said.
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A 16-year-old cancer patient 's legal fight ended in victory Wednesday when his family's attorneys and social services officials reached an agreement that would allow him to forgo chemotherapy.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death.    Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row...
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A teenager jailed over the death of sixth-former Ben Bellamy wins his appeal against a manslaughter conviction.
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IONE, California  - Convicted murderer Greg Rollo knows the brutality of life behind bars after 31 years in a prison. But he says life has grown much worse since he was moved to a triple-bunk bed in an open gym with 199 others.
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Two more young men have been freed after serving time in jail for a case involving a 17-year-old who had consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl.
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Martin Tankleff walked out of court a free man for the first time in the 17 years since he was convicted of murdering his parents. But his next step was less clear.
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A West Lothian teenager who repeatedly shot a grandfather in the head is handed a life sentence.
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A British man who came close to being executed by the state of Ohio for killing a 2-year-old girl was set free under a plea deal on Monday, with plans to return to his home in Scotland, authorities said.
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The man convicted of killing Southern Californiaâs Ryan Francis was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Louisiana District Judge Richard Moore III also sentenced the killer, 20-year-old DeAnthony Ford, to 10 years for aggravated battery in a shooting two days before the one that killed Francis.Francis, 19, was in Baton Rouge visiting his mother when he was shot and killed while riding in a car on May 13, 2006. Francis was the starting point guard for U.S.C. his freshman year.
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Three teenagers are jailed for life for kicking a father-of-three to death outside his home.
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Young offenders could serve their custodial sentences in children's homes, under Home Office plans.
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The 15-year-old girl who was missing for a year until police found her locked in a tiny storage room in a West Hartford home plans to return to school Monday to restore a sense of normalcy to her life, her parents said.
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Seventeen-year-olds who were charged with felonies as adults under a short-lived state law will either have their cases dismissed or be transferred back to juvenile court under a judge's ruling released Tuesday.
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A Briton who spent more than 21 years on death row in America is due to return to Scotland after he was freed by a US court.