A just system would shift away from punishment toward prevention and restorative justice. Community investment in programs, people returning to the community, and accountability are the path to a safe ...

Called the HALT Fentanyl Act, the bill would permanently place all copycat versions of fentanyl on the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...

A fight is brewing in England over new sentencing guidelines that require judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity and faith ...

South Carolina on March 7 carried out the first U.S. execution by firing squad in 15 years.

The chair of the body behind the sentencing reforms has defended the changes by saying a punishment tailored to individual ...

President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House on Thursday by making an appearance at a celebratory reception with a surprise guest, golf legend Tiger Woods, while calling out ...

He called the prison reform advocate “an inspiration to people ... The 1994 indictment describes dozens of deliveries and drug transactions, many involving Johnson. The White House’s Black History ...

(Answer: Yes); and, “What would it matter, since Chauvin also is in prison on state charges?” (Answer: It’s complicated).

He called the prison reform advocate “an inspiration ... many involving Johnson. The White House’s Black History Month reception preserved a tradition, but it comes in the wake of Trump ...