Experts say the criminal justice system wasn't built for defendants this young, as Cuyahoga County grapples with a disturbing ...

A man whose criminal case helped redefine juvenile justice in New Jersey left a Newark prison Friday after 25 years behind ...

Edward J. Thomas Jr., 20, of Youngstown is an inmate at the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Center in Lucasville. He is serving an 18-year prison sentence for crimes he committed in 2020 ...

James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony ...

A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to three to 10 years confinement for brutalizing another juvenile. Austin C. Jackson of ...

A New Carlisle teenager convicted of killing a six-year-old will remain in juvenile detention. 18-year-old Anthony Hutchens appeared in court Friday to determine if he should be moved to an adult ...

A continued sentence in juvie Ruling the judge handed down in the hearing of Anthony Hutchens ...Hutchens was found guilty of ...

Eighteen-year-old Anthony Hutchens will remain in juvenile detention until at least October 2026 for the murder of six-year-old Grace Ross.

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...