The bill is necessary, supporters say, because KY incarcerates women at one of the highest rates in the nation. More than half of people incarcerated are parents.

In 1993, five women in Vermilion County — all attorneys — sat down and came up with a plan to help young people who'd broken the law to get back on track and avoid a criminal record. "Without any ...

In July 2022, the family was only a few miles from home when they were hit by a drunk driver and 6-year-old Taelor was killed.

More than 500 people attended a Tuesday rally at the Capitol in support of a trio of bills that would overhaul the state’s ...

Good character’ evidence should be limited and a new aggravating factor for rape and sexual assault offences against children ...

Bar president Ezri Abdul Wahab repeats its call for systemic prison reform after alleged assault of prisoners in Taiping.

We’re responding to the UK government’s call for evidence on the independent sentencing review. The UK prison population has doubled over the last 30 years and is projected to rise by 4,500 a year. A ...

A man who tried to choke his mother last November got a second chance by being sentenced Wednesday, January 29, 2025 to the ...

Home detention would replace prison for some people if proposals from the Bar Council are accepted by the ongoing sentencing ...

An Eau Claire man charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possessing child pornography reached an agreement that saw him plead no contest to several counts on Thursday. German Martinez, 46, ...

“Defendant’s interlocutory appeals do not automatically stay sentencing in this case, and the court should reject defendant’s alternative request for a discretionary stay of sentencing,” Manhattan ...

This paper discusses the sentencing and punishment of Indigenous peoples in ... healing approaches have grown over recent decades as both an alternative to the philosophical underpinnings of Western ...