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DALLAS — Shuranda Williams spent more than a year in the county jail here, waiting to talk to someone about fighting the murder charge she faces. The police have said she was involved in the 2019 ...

Joseph Bell was 26 years old when a California judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for his role in a murder and robbery. He didn’t pull the trigger, but was sentenced ...

The number of women inmates serving life without the possibility of parole has risen 43% since 2008, adding to an already aging prison population nationwide, according to a new report from the ...

This investigation was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, The Dallas Morning News and NBC 5. Subscribe to read ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would not place new restrictions on sentences of life without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders, siding with the state of Mississippi ...

In 2005, when Brett Jones was convicted of murder in Mississippi, his sentence was an automatic one: life without parole. No judge or juror could advocate for him to get anything less. Mississippi, ...