Virginia lawmakers debate bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for crimes statewide House Bill 863 would expand judicial discretion and reshape sentencing policy across Virginia RICHMOND, Va.

Former N.J. Attorney General Chris Porrino urges the state to enact key reforms on fines, sentencing and elderly inmate ...

On Wednesday, 28 current and former American law enforcement officials wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of the Canadian Senate urging the decriminalization of ...

There’s a little-understood law in Pennsylvania that can send someone to prison for life without parole for murder, even when they didn’t actually kill someone. It’s called felony murder, or ...

Iowa is on the verge of one of the toughest repeat-offender laws in the country.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional ...

Pennsylvania can finally be removed from the small list of states that unfairly impose a mandatory sentence of life without parole for felony murder, known as second-degree murder.

SAN DIEGO, CA – A third DUI arrest within ten years carries some of the most severe misdemeanor penalties in California, including a mandatory minimum of 120 days in county jail and a three-year ...

"The amount of money was staggering," Senior U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan said as he handed out sentences.

Legalization made room for brands, tax revenue, and respectability. For Frank Rogers, still serving time on a federal marijuana conspiracy case, it still hasn’t made room for freedom. The cannabis ...

NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a U.S. court on Thursday on criminal charges including narcoterrorism, a statute that has rarely been tested at ...