juvenile offenders

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

The bill would add an attorney who specializes in representing juveniles to the state’s indigent defense commission

The Wayne County prosecutor's office says Tuesday that the 13-year-old is being charged as a juvenile.

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 elimination of court fines and fees… diversion from detention… and more resources. As Colin Jackson reports—those are all part of a new juvenile justice package signed into law today.

The package covers changes like the use of mental health and risk screenings to divert kids from the juvenile justice system… and the expansion of state resources that serve children.

One goal is to identify low-risk, non-violent offenders for a track that keeps them out of juvenile detention facilities

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

The state of Michigan is asking a higher court to stop a federal judge from interfering in the resentencing of so-called juvenile lifers.The attorney…