BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated PressApr 19, 2019
Two adult children of David and Louise Turpin speak publicly for first time, telling of house of horrors with condemnation and forgiveness. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Eleanor Goldfield / Art Killing ApathyApr 24, 2018
As a 16-year-old, he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for robbery. And the Supreme Court will not review his case to overturn the extreme punishment. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigJan 16, 2014
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, as one of his last acts in office, reduced the sentence of a 23-year-old African-American inmate named Travion Blount to 40 years in prison, making him eligible for release at age 55.Instead of being a poor black kid, what if Travion Blount had been white and wealthy? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 26, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. The 5-4 vote found that such sentences constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 10, 2012
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in failing health, slipping in and out of consciousness a week after he was sentenced to life in prison and confined to a prison hospital. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Dafna Linzer, ProPublicaMay 14, 2012
The prosecutor and trial judge urged federal officials to commute Clarence Aaron's sentence, but the Justice Department had other ideas. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 26, 2012
Connecticut this week became the 17th state to abolish the death penalty, replacing it with an ultimate punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 22, 2010
Now that retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens no longer has to see his former colleague Justice Antonin Scalia in the lunchroom every day, he's free to tell tales out of the top court, which he did earlier this month in a speech criticizing Scalia's handling of a case from 1991. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court changed the future fortunes of minors accused of less severe crimes than murder on Monday, ruling in a 6-3 decision that doling out life sentences with no chance of parole in those cases would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2007
More than 300 of Italy's life-sentence prisoners have signed a letter asking the Italian president to reinstate the death penalty and change their sentences. Italy is one of the world's leading opponents of execution and even allows prisoners serving life sentences conditional release after years of good behavior. But the inmates who signed the letter seem to feel that life behind bars is not worth living. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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