In an extraordinary and punitive maneuver, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has classified former Chief of Military Personnel, ...

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

Marvin Haynes filed a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday after spending nearly two decades behind ...

The Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a Gary man’s conviction in May for shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her new boyfriend in 2017. However, it asked Judge Gina Jones to clarify the ...

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

in this extremely violent and punitive way while he slept, was not reasonable.” Laroche, who was 24 at the time of the murder, received a four-year concurrent sentence for interfering with ...

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Friday in Washington, D.C., to publish proposed changes in how drug offenses — and meth in particular — are punished. The vote sets in motion public ...

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

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, is set to be sentenced Thursday on federal charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodgers player, nearly a year ...

Expunging low-level, non-violent criminal records will help people get jobs and help the police by reducing crime in our communities.