The story of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad nearing execution on Tuesday in Virginia for crimes he committed in October 2002 piqued my interest ("Beltway Sniper's execution looms," Nation and World, Nov. 10). The interest is in the vast and stark differences between Florida's and Virginia's death-row process. ...more

November 11, 2009

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. ...more

November 9, 2009

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. ...more

November 8, 2009

Convicted rapist Jerrod Pass faces three more life terms after being found guilty Friday in another sexual assault. ...more

November 7, 2009

A Yulee man remained in the Highlands County Jail Wednesday under no bond after being served a warrant accusing him of sexually assaulting a then 7-year-old boy in 2004. ...more

October 22, 2009

A West Tampa man was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted today of killing his ex-girlfriend so she couldn't testify against him in a domestic violence hearing. ...more

March 19, 2009

After decades of moral arguments reaching biblical proportions, after long, twisted journeys to the nation's highest court and back, the death penalty may be abandoned by several states for a reason having nothing to do with right or wrong: Money. ...more

March 7, 2009

A former Blake High School custodian faces up to life imprisonment after a jury convicted him today of murdering his ex-girlfriend in October 2007. ...more

February 19, 2009

Im Savoeun remembers how they clung to each other for the last time, sobbing, as life drained from her husband after a savage beating by the Khmer Rouge. The starving man's crime was stealing a potato. ...more

February 2, 2009

Correction Because of incorrect information given to a reporter, a page A1 story in Wednesday's edition stated that Jaime Marquez received a life imprisonment sentence after his trial on Tuesday. Marquez faces life in prison for his charges of robbery with a firearm, but his sentencing is set for Feb. 5. ...more

January 15, 2009