life in prison

A Dartmouth woman will spend life in prison after she was convicted of killing a man in Florida and then burying him in her grandmother's backyard.

A Brockton man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in the 2013 stabbing death of a teenager during a home invasion.

A Rockland man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his wife, then watching her suffer as she lay wounded in their driveway while neighbors tried to help her. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz says Richard Langley was sentenced Thursday in Brockton Superior Court after unexpectedly pleading guilty to first-degree murder...

The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial is done for the day after deliberating for about 50 minutes.  The jury got the case Wednesday afternoon after final instructions from a federal judge. The panel weighing the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev must decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison for the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others...

The guilt phase of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial was considered a slam dunk for prosecutors, especially after his lawyer admitted he participated in the deadly 2013 attack. But the outcome of the second phase of the trial is more difficult to predict...

The mother of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez says she shared a special bond with the mother of the man her son was convicted of killing. Terri Hernandez tells the Boston Herald that after the verdict was read Wednesday she smiled and nodded at Ursula Ward, the mother of Odin Lloyd...

The jury that found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of the Boston Marathon bombing will begin the penalty phase of the trial on April 21st. A federal judge set the date today, noting that Tsarnaev's defense team had asked for additional time to resolve "logistical issues" with potential witnesses...

Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is being formally charged with desertion. Bergdahl was released in a prisoner exchange last year after more than four years in captivity in Afghanistan.. Army Colonel Daniel King said Bergdahl is also being charged with "misbehavior before the enemy...