Justice Secretary David Lammy has announced to the House of Commons that he plans to introduce whole life jail sentences for ...

May 30—HARRISBURG — A conviction for second-degree murder in Pennsylvania brings a mandatory life sentence without parole, a penalty that reform advocates say is among the harshest in the country and ...

Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offenses, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony ...

The mandatory death sentence imposed on robbery with violence suspects is constitutional, the Court of Appeal in Kisumu has maintained. Judges Hannah Okwengu, Hellen Omondi and Joel Ngugi said the ...

In a letter to lawmakers, the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission recommended four basic sentencing reforms, including an end to mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug ...

A good deal of fanfare accompanied Gov. Katie Hobbs’ signing of a law on Wednesday that increases prison time for fentanyl dealers. Law enforcement officials who flanked the governor hailed the law as ...

Efforts to end minimum mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenders in New Jersey are again being put on the table, three years after a similar proposal was conditionally vetoed by Gov. Phil ...

NEW YORK -- A decorated Marine veteran facing a mandatory three years behind bars on a gun charge will not be going to prison, after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped in and commuted his ...

HARRISBURG – An Altoona woman with two young children, sentenced 16 months ago to a stiff jail term for her role in a drug organization that distributed large amounts of cocaine in the Altoona area, ...

The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday struck down a ruling that declared unconstitutional a 30-year minimum mandatory sentence for a man convicted of crossing state lines to have sex with ...