Life without parole News

Jackson - A Mississippi man has been sentenced to life without the possibility for parole for buying $106 worth of liquor with a bad check.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that gives minors who were sentenced to life in prison without parole a new chance of release after they serve 25 years.

Phoenix - Betty Smithey has been in jail for 49 years after being sentenced to life without parole. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer reduced her sentence to 48 years to life, making the 69-year-old eligible for release.

Madison - The only reason Carl Ericsson, 73, could give for shooting Norman Johnson, 72, to death in January was that a jockstrap was put on Ericsson's head in a locker room when the two were in high school together during the 1950s.

Washington - More than 2,500 youth offenders serving life without parole sentences in United States adult prisons experience conditions violating basic human rights, including denied access to education, isolationism, rape, and assault, according to a new report.

Nicole Ann Dupure is a number, 599905. It's the number that she will own until she dies alone in a prison. She has sat in a cell there since she was seventeen. It will be her home until she dies.

Mary Jones says of her sister Ashley, "She should have a chance to have a life. Her life shouldn't just be taken away from her like that.” Ashley brutally murdered their grandfather, aunt and attempted to murder Mary and their grandmother.