A bill advanced in Olympia that may lead to a floor vote on one of the most significant law and justice bills of this session ...

Congress has undertaken some sentencing reform in recent years in an effort to close the gap between punishments for officers and enlisted personnel. But advocates say lawmakers need to do more to ...

However, the Sentencing Commission is going about sentencing reform the wrong way. Its new guidelines blindly apply sentencing reductions to all federal inmates without considering the impact an ...

Zoë Towns, the executive director of FWD.us, which advocates for sentencing reform, heralded the commutations. “These final clemency actions will forever define President Biden’s legacy on ...

Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offenses, ...

Laws like the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act and the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act contributed to a dramatic increase in federal prison populations, which peaked at 213,000 in 2013.

The Director of Public Prosecution in Sokoto State, Aishatu Ahmad Kaoje, has called for the abolition of Nigeria’s current prison calendar system, arguing that it undermines justice system.Speaking at ...

More than 500 advocates and lawmakers rallied side by side at the Capitol building in Albany Tuesday, asking for the passage ...

A public hearing will be held for LD 246 on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 9:30am at the State House in August, Room 438. LD ...

Over 500 people gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to support legislation aimed at overhauling New York’s sentencing laws.

The family of young Laois student Joe Drennan who was killed in a hit and run in Limerick are to join a demonstration calling ...

MORE: Advocates call on New York state lawmakers to pass sentencing reform “We believe that one who has paid for a crime should have an ample opportunity to come back in society fully restored ...