Jared Williams, 20, was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Mason Loy, 21, in 2023 and will serve a ...

An Ohio corrections officer says nothing will change at a facility where violent teens are serving time until those teens are ...

Numerous juveniles face lengthy sentences in adult courts. July 12, 2010— -- At the age of 16, Cameron Williams lives a life far removed from the world of other teenagers. Williams, who ...

Tarrant County leads the state in the number of youth it sends to Texas juvenile prisons, which doesn't have enough space to accommodate the influx, causing overcrowding at the county's detention ...

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 ...

Nearly twenty years ago, the Odessa American introduced the community to a determined young man trekking across the state of Texas in a lawnmower to benefit St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Now a ...

Legislation signed by the governor allows prosecutors to request a hearing to certify a young person as an adult and ...