Maryland lawmakers debate reforming the state's practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court. A key ...

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 ...

I briefly and greenly worked for two right-wing members of the second Hawke administration - “pissant” was the faction’s put ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Eric Schneiderman is advising the father of Brooks, who was beaten to death in an upstate prison late last year.

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

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 ...