Keonjhar: The district and sessions judge, Keonjhar, G C Behera on Monday convicted 10 people in a 2019 murder case and ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is part of a nationwide trend to challenge life without parole sentences.

While some groups had issues with components of the proposal, the move rankled criminal justice advocates who have long ...

There’s a little-understood law in Pennsylvania that can send someone to prison for life without parole for murder, even when they didn’t actually kill someone. It’s called felony murder, or ...

After more than 25 years, a Decatur man convicted of a 1995 double murder has been resentenced to life in prison.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional — a significant decision that is likely to reshape a portion of state law ...

Pennsylvania's high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state's constitutional ban on ...

The landmark ruling on a case brought by an Allegheny County man could change the lives of more than 1,000 people serving life without parole.

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In March 1994, Randy Capps and two other young men agreed to kill a woman at her daughter’s request in exchange for money.

"To meet people, you’d look at the bulletin board to find flyers for clubs and go to them in person. Parties were found out ...

A while back, we shared stories from people who knew murderers. Then, readers began sharing their own chilling stories. Here ...