House of Reps has said that a bill to amend Nigeria’s Penal and Criminal Codes, aiming to abolish or reduce the use of the ...

Under a bill headed to the Idaho House, adults who sexually abuse children age 12 and younger in Idaho could be sentenced to ...

Idaho law only allows the death penalty in aggravated first-degree murder. But Rep. Bruce Skaug's bill would allow it for ...

Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

Lorenzo Lucca made headlines on Friday when he was subbed off after converting a penalty kick for Udinese, but Lecce coach Marco Giampaolo believed it was ‘criminal’ even to award the spot ...

A federal grand jury has indicted four Solano County Brown Brotherhood Gang Members, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice and Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith Monday ...

That argument was echoed during discussion of House Bill 268, which would increase the criminal penalty for making certain false reports, such as hoax calls threatening a call for mass violence ag ...

Thirteen states have now abolished the death penalty, in whole or part. But while the rest of the country is reluctant to discard it, endless appeals as well as commutations now commonly delay or ...

Here is how a proposed law change could mean jailed Brits in Bali could avoid being executed as Indonesian lawmakers are ...

A Palmerton man was cited by police on Saturday after Transportation Security Administration officers at Lehigh Valley International Airport intercepted the man’s gun at the airport security ...