“Heinous, atrocious and cruel,” a crime orchestrated for no other reason than to feel what it’s like to kill someone. This factor alone is why Judge. R. Lee Smith said there could be only one ...

A 110-year prison sentence for a Colorado truck drive who said he lost control of his brakes prompted national outcry that draw attention to The Centennial State's sentencing laws. Criminal legal ...

Florida officials and family members of the Parkland school shooting victims are expressing outrage and heartbreak after a jury's decision to spare the gunman the death penalty. Seventeen people — 14 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Editor's note: The video above is from previous reporting. The state of Florida's position on the length of Cameron Herrin's prison sentence for the 2018 death of a mother and her child ...

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer is arguing that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is "grotesque" and "barbaric." Instead, the attorney said Tuesday that a term ...

(Special to The Root) — Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court reminded us of something that we all know and understand: Age matters. Children are immature and irresponsible. They do not appreciate ...

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WASHINGTON–Federal prosecutors softened their position in a new sentencing recommendation for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, now suggesting that probation could be an "appropriate" ...

SIR – Just a thought – if criminals were dealt with using appropriate full sentencing (life meaning life), not the mamby-pamby ruling of the European Court, it is argued that; a) the police would not ...