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A judge has struck down a law that bars some Michigan prisoners from getting credit for good behavior.The decision could clear the way for faster parole…
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A judge sentenced four teenagers to a program at a youth treatment center for throwing rocks and sandbags onto I-75 near downtown Toledo and killing a…
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The Michigan Supreme Court says it will settle whether juries - instead of judges - have the sole power to decide whether someone under 18 gets life in…
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Juvenile first-time offenders whose mothers don't get involved in their legal proceedings are much more likely to commit another crime, according to a new…
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Earlier this year, the United States Supreme Court handed down a directive saying that all prisoners sentenced to life without parole for crimes committed…
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The 2012 Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama held that mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles were unconstitutional. The court’s…
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The state House has cleared a set of bills that would change how young offenders are prosecuted and incarcerated in Michigan.Right now, Michigan is among…
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There are bipartisan bills in the Michigan Legislature aimed at changing the way juveniles are sentenced in court. According to the bill sponsors there…
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State Rep. Martin Howrylak, R-Troy, has introduced a bill that would reopen the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School in Whitmore Lake.The juvenile justice…
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Michigan would stop automatically charging 17-year-olds as adults under new bills in the state House.The bipartisan legislation would prohibit placing…