PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional — a significant decision that is likely to re-shape a ...

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover’s yearslong quest to win early release under the ...

The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last ...

In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The ...