The prospect of facing incarceration for the rest of one's natural life forces an individual to find hope, one researcher ...

Steve Tilbury faced up to life in prison for smashing a co-worker at the Daytona Beach dealership with a bat, killing him.

Reactions from life sentences handed down in court.

A judge sentenced convicted wife-killer Brian Walshe to life without parole on top of consecutive maximum sentences for lying to police and mishandling a body in court Thursday morning. Earlier this ...

JUDGE SPOKE TO HIM DIRECTLY AND STERNLY. OUR SERA CONGI IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN DEDHAM, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN FOR EVERY DAY OF THIS TRIAL. SARA. JESSICA. THIS MORNING’S HEARING WAS PRETTY HEAVY ...

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they engage with staff and other prisoners.