juvenile lifers

In 2022, the state Supreme Court decided that automatic life-without-parole sentences for 18-year-olds violate the Michigan Constitution

The case before the court concerned William Neilly, who, at age 17 was part of a group of four people that killed another teenager in an attempted armed robbery

The state House Criminal Justice Committee opened hearings Tuesday on legislation that could allow people sentenced to life in prison when they were teenagers the possibility of parole

Bills scheduled for a Michigan House committee hearing Tuesday would ban life sentences for anyone aged 18 and under

A judge has reduced a sentence for a southern Michigan man convicted of murder as a teenager to at least 37 years in prison.The Battle Creek Enquirer…