"We don't have a life-without-parole sentence in this state yet, but by your sentence, you can effectively give Mr. Ferguson life without parole," Mr. Peck told Judge Belfi.

Although the bill would let a jury impose a life-without-parole sentence in place of the death penalty, it does so in a confusing way.

What does the decision banning life-without-parole sentences for young offenders say about the Supreme Court?

Megan was saved from a life-without-parole sentence when her father Roger confessed to killing Michael in self-defense (he would have confessed sooner, but he'd been in a coma.)

Opponents of the death penalty will begin collecting signatures to get a measure on the ballot in 2002 that would abolish capital punishment but give jurors the option of a life-without-parole sentence.

There was little surprise in the life-without-parole sentence.

In Solem, the Court struck down a life-without-parole sentence imposed for the crime of uttering a no-account check; Harmelin, however, was convicted of possessing 650 grams of cocaine.

First, because Michigan has no death penalty, the life-without-parole sentence for possession of 650 grams of cocaine was the most severe available under Michigan law.

Under the laws of New Mexico, those of his age charged with first-degree murder are tried as adults, though minors can no longer be given the death penalty or an automatic life-without-parole sentence.