OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state officials are seeking legislative authority to transfer certain juvenile offenders to adult prisons at younger ages than currently allowed, citing severe overcrowding ...

Those offenses, both high-level felonies, resulted in Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick determining that Thomas met the criteria for a part of Ohio law that is meant to address the ...

When a teenager accused of a serious crime gets tried as an adult, the results are anything but predictable. A 14-year-old convicted in a robbery in which a man was brutally strangled gets sent to a ...

Ten years ago, I thought that my life was over before it had even started. Growing up in Kern County, I didn’t have a lot of guidance or positive mentorship in my life, and a lot of my early life ...

For many, it was a surprise when a San Diego judge issued a ruling last week that could see the region’s most notorious school shooter freed from prison at age 39. But a series of laws and court ...

Last week, Maryland State Sen. William Smith visited a government-owned property in Prince George's County that dates back to the 19th century. On that property lies an overgrown cemetery, once part ...