Attorneys for a former Lauderdale County judge filed a motion on Thursday, requesting that he not be sentenced to serve time ...

Will President Joe Biden commute all federal death sentences or will he break another campaign promise before leaving office in January? Last week, hundreds of organizations and community leaders ...

When I became the head of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) in 2011, I strongly supported the death penalty. I knew it would be my job to carry out executions, and I ...

HOUSTON — A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old ...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court restored the 58-month prison sentence for Norman ...

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years. This year more than usual, those of you who wrote to me asked where you should find hope. Where you ...

The question of whether you should put one or two spaces after the period at the end of a sentence elicits strong reactions on both sides. On the one-space side, this 2011 Slate article by Farhad ...

PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are once again weighing a proposal that would allow people serving long sentences to ask a judge for a “second look” at their punishment after 10 years. Matching ...

A Suffolk Superior court judge ruled Wednesday that a state ban on mandatory life sentences for juveniles found guilty of first-degree murder should extend to 18- to 20-year-olds, sending the pivotal ...

That would be the most appropriate sentence for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd in one of the most high-profile ...

Martin Garbus is a criminal defense, civil rights and civil liberties lawyer based in New York City. During his last week in office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted clemency and reduced the prison sentences ...

David A. Carrillo, left, and Brandon V. Stracener, right, of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law. Courtesy photos President Joe Biden, thank you for your long and honorable service to ...