The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that automatic life sentences without the possibility of parole for 19- and 20-year-old individuals convicted of murder are unconstitutional under state law.

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

The Supreme Court, in a 5-2 opinion, said mandatory life sentences for people who were 19 and 20 at the time of the crime violate a ban against "cruel or unusual punishment" in the Michigan ...

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled to end mandatory life sentences without parole for 19- and 20-year-olds convicted of ...

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for 19- and-20-year-old defendants ...

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 said that mandatorily subjecting anyone under the age of 21 to life without parole violates the Michigan Constitution and constitutes cruel ...

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 ...

The Michigan Supreme Court will consider in the coming weeks whether to decide the fate of a divorced couple’s frozen embryo, including whether the final decision should be guided by laws ...