"… chusetts permits — the harshest in the country, in fact — for shooting Perry Hughes: life in prison without the possibility of parole. Until then, Fernandez h …"

"… have the death penalty,” said Olivia Singletary, the adoptive mother of Perry Hughes, Fernandez’s victim.But critics of the law say that recent scientific st …"

"… ng 17, did he really understand the price he was going to pay for shooting Perry Hughes.“That’s when it hit me,” he said. “The rest of my life means I’m …"

"… took his 2002 case to trial and received life without parole for shooting Perry Hughes. Until then, Fernandez had never been charged with anything worse than ste …"

"… have the death penalty,” said Olivia Singletary, the adoptive mother of Perry Hughes, Fernandez's victim. But critics of the law say that recent scientifi …"