April 24 (UPI) --President Joe Biden said Wednesday he's using his clemency powers to pardon 11 people and commute the sentences of 5 others who were convicted of non-violent drug offenses. "Like my ...

CHARLESTON (WCIV) — The maximum combined prison sentence for Alex Murdaugh co-conspirator Cory Fleming will be 13 years and 10 months, not 20 years as widely reported following Fleming's sentencing ...

It's hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than "and." But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, ...

US President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 2,500 non-violent drug offenders on Friday, marking the highest number of pardons and commutations issued by a president in US history. Biden said he ...

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In this article we will talk about 20 longest prison sentences ever given in the world. Prison is a facility used to house people who have been remanded (kept) in custody by the legal system or who ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections has quietly reexamined the sentences of the vast majority of the state’s prisoners after a court ruling this summer, sometimes shaving years off a prisoner’s time ...

The practice of judges taking into consideration a person’s immigration status when sentencing them is creating two-tier justice: Leniency for those whose status in this country means they face ...