Members of a task force charged with simplifying Louisiana’s criminal code can’t seem to agree on what to do. Nevertheless, next week they will be recommending to the Legislature how to go about ...

In Florida, felonies are distinguished from misdemeanors based on the time the individual who committed the felony could spend in prison. COCOA, FLORIDA, UNITED ...

A proposal to boost the penalties for human and drug trafficking cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday by a 80-13 vote. Introduced last June by Reps. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) and D.J. Swearingen ...