The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that individuals who were 19- or 20-years-old when they murdered someone in Michigan should be resentenced.

The Michigan Supreme Court made an extraordinary change to the state's sentencing law Thursday, striking down automatic, ...

In their class action, 170 felons sentenced to life argued the state’s parole commission did not give them a meaningful ...

Rivera was invited to share his story, which includes two suicide attempts and serving more than two-and-a-half decades of a life sentence he was given at the age of 17.

The Supreme Court ... jailed for life a second chance in life. At the same time, the apex court reversed a landmark declaration by the Court of Appeal that a life sentence should be 30 years ...

"I mean they kind of denied at this point in time the 21-year-olds, but they kind of left it open that it could change down ...

A House lawmaker says she will shift funding away from courts and to local prosecutors after a controversial Michigan Supreme ...

THE Supreme Court has upheld the life imprisonment sentence of a man accused of trafficking three minors into unpaid domestic labor. In a ruling written by Associate Justice Mario Lopez, the high ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled to end mandatory life sentences without parole for 19- and 20-year-olds convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday, allowing judges to use ...

Nineteen and 20-year-olds who commit first-degree murder cannot automatically be sentenced to life in prison, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday. “A mandatory [life without parole ...

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled to end automatic life sentences without parole for those who committed murder at 19 or 20 ...