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 ...
Exclusive: The defendant was on parole and has previous convictions for drug and guns; his lawyer said killers can get less ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Ohio lawmakers are intensifying efforts to combat the spread of fentanyl by proposing stricter penalties for drug dealers. State Rep. Phil Plummer, a former Montgomery County ...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to address concerns with mandatory minimum prison penalties. The commission action follows a Justice Department policy ...
Donna Adelson, the matriarch of the South Florida family behind the 2014 murder-for-hire of Dan Markel, is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison a bit sooner than initially expected. Leon ...
The Protecting Victims Act would also create a new criminal offence of coercive control, upgrade all femicides to ...
DENVER (KDVR) — A Douglas County sentencing in a deadly DUI crash is sparking renewed calls to toughen Colorado’s laws — including a push for a mandatory 10-year prison sentence for anyone convicted ...
Local law enforcement agencies complain they are unable to arrest traffic violators and persons subject to arrest warrants because of overcrowding at county jails. County jail officials state they are ...
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama Administration is expanding their mandatory sentencing reforms to cases where charges have already been filed, during a Congressional Black Caucus ...
Lorana Bartels is a Director of the Justice Reform Initiative. She is a supporter of the Jewish Council of Australia. She has received research funding from the ACT, Commonwealth, Queensland, ...