El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its ...

Marthell N. Dean, who was convicted of shooting Officer Brian Gibson in 2019, is seeking an early release from prison under a ...

A man who killed his Lowell neighbor on the 4th of July in 2006 will be released from prison after serving nearly 20 years of his life sentence. Christopher Middlemiss was convicted on May 28, 2010, ...

The Justice Minister brought the Bill to the assembly as families of Lisa Dorrian and Enda Dolan, who have campaigned for reforms, watched on. | UTV News ...

"I was 25 and engaged when I tagged along to my then-fiancé's work Christmas party. I knew a few people there already but got introduced to a bunch of others, one of whom was this tall guy with the ...

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing ...

An Arkansas man serving a life sentence for murdering a 4-year-old has died.

Under the proposal, a person would only commit first-degree extreme indifference murder if they kill a child, an emergency responder or victimize multiple people.

Rick Eugene Hawley, 60, was sentenced to 50 years to life for sex crimes against three minor males in Lancaster.

Families who have advocated for changes to criminal sentences in Northern Ireland have spoken of “light at the end of the tunnel” as long-awaited legislation came to the Stormont Assembly.

A proposal in the Louisiana Legislature would make inmates with less than 120 days to live eligible for compassionate release ...

A Russian court on Thursday handed life sentences to four gunmen from Tajikistan, and 11 others it said were their accomplices, for the 2024 Crocus concert hall attack that left 150 people dead.