A Nanaimo woman convicted of killing her partner while he slept, and then telling police and his mother that he had left town ...

New data reveals 27 Indigenous children in Australia attempted self-harm in prison last financial year, the National ...

As a resident of Washington, this is why I am voicing my support for the Judicial Discretion Act, House Bill 1125, which is a pivotal step toward putting survivors’ needs and real accountability at ...

Now, that man is filing a lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office, seeking punitive damages ... criminal negligence and was charged with lesser sentences, including a misdemeanor.

Before he was 15 years old, Adam Griego witnessed two suicide attempts by his mother and dealt with an alcoholic father. That's part of the reason he's now involved in an advocacy coalition pushing ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Friday in Washington, D.C., to publish proposed changes in how drug offenses ...

Punitive damages were far less ... a 46-month term in federal prison before beginning a 10-year state prison sentence. Satterfield died in 2018 after falling down the stairs at the family's ...

New York was given a D-. Giving New York state judges the ability to reevaluate sentences would provide a humane mechanism for adjusting overly punitive sentences and correcting past injustices.

Aiden Fucci, who at 14 stabbed to death his classmate and friend Tristyn Bailey on Mother's Day 2021 in their St. Johns ...

On social media, some sports lovers are not happy with the sentence as they believe it is not punitive enough and will not deter others from doing the same. They are even more angered by the ...