Two cases in which juvenile offenders got life without parole didn't even involve murder.
Antonio Nunez was 14 years old when he committed a crime that gave him life without parole.
He was, however, convicted of killing Kathleen and sentenced to life without parole.
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If convicted, the 42-year-old faces the death penalty or life without parole.
Most young offenders serving life without parole were exposed to poverty, violence or drugs during childhood, the Equal Justice Initiative reported.
If Lewis had proceeded to trial and been convicted by a jury, he could have faced a term of life without parole, said Assistant District Attorney Glenn Kurtzrock.
In Florida, Joe Sullivan, who case will be heard soon by the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to life without parole for 1989 rape of an elderly woman.
Nichols, who met McVeigh while both men were in the Army, was sentenced to life without parole on charges that he conspired with McVeigh to blow up the Alfred P.
Under the changes, the minimum sentence for gang rape, rape of a minor, rape by policemen or a person in authority will be doubled to 20 years and can be extended to life without parole.
Under the changes, the minimum sentence for gang rape, rape of a minor, rape by policemen or a person in authority will be doubled to 20 years from 10 and can be extended to life without parole.
Araiza is now serving life without parole.
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Although the 12 jurors were at first divided on whether to recommend the death penalty or jail for life without parole, some of them seem to have been influenced by Mr Muhammad's calculating manner during his six-week trial.
The report includes a comprehensive list of measures the organization considers admirable as well as policy suggestions for 2013, including sentencing reform, limiting the use of incarceration as a sentencing option, restricting punishments for prior convictions, and eliminating juvenile life without parole.
They did not believe he was guilty of first-degree murder, which would have carried a life sentence without parole.
The death penalty will be replaced by life imprisonment without parole, although it will remain on the statute books in wartime.
Her boyfriend is now serving a life sentence without parole in the state prison for the murder, the Providence Journal reported.
Mr. Pride faces the possibility of life without of parole if convicted.
The case focused on Harkins' complaint that if he was extradited, he was at risk of the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith in Birmingham sentenced Rudolph to two consecutive life terms without parole in connection with the January 1998 bombing of the New Woman All Women clinic, which performs abortions.
More states now have life sentences without parole as an alternative to the death penalty in murder cases, as well as a requirement that juries be told clearly that this is an option.
In 2005, groups that opposed life sentences without parole for young people, began to gain traction after the U.S. Supreme Court abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by 16 and 17 year olds in the landmark case Roper v.
Woodward, who has been held without bail for eight months, faces a sentence of life in prison without parole if convicted of murder in the first degree.
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"Evidence shows that the death penalty is not a deterrent, it cannot be administered without racial bias and it costs three times as much as life in prison without parole, " Governor O'Malley said in a statement.
His teenage accomplice, Brogan Rafferty, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in November.
If convicted of first-degree murder in Youk's death, Kevorkian would face life in prison without parole.
If convicted of first degree murder, Woodward faces a sentence of life in prison without parole.
Holmes could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted.
His teenage accomplice, Brogan Rafferty, was sentenced to life in prison without parole last November.
Abu Hamza has argued he would face inhumane and degrading treatment if imprisoned for life without possibility of parole.
Maryland will become the sixth state in as many years to replace capital punishment with life in prison without parole.
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