The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has abolished mandatory life sentences without parole for second-degree murder. The court ruled that mandatory life sentences for this crime are a form of "cruel ...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down mandatory life sentences in felony murder cases, a move long sought by criminal justice advocates who have condemned these across-the-board punishments ...
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider throwing out the 2019 conviction of Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix’s “Tiger King,” for his role in a murder-for-hire plot against rival animal rights ...