Democrats want government to invest in crime prevention because they’re worried we have too many people behind bars; ...

Joseph Paul DeMarco is removed from Sacramento Superior Court after being sentenced to life without parole on Friday for the ...

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Individualization of sentencing means customizing the punishment based on the individual offender's characteristics, circumstances, and background, rather than applying the same punishment uniformly ...

Police said they later identified three earlier incidents involving the same student on Jan. 16 ... The family has since transferred the child to a different school. “Based on the facts alleged ...

No-show parents leaving their kids to languish behind bars, lawyers trying to block the media from reporting on matters and ...

That part of the sentence is being suspended for three years, however, meaning that Otobe can avoid incarceration if he remains on good legal standing for that period of time. So just like we saw with ...

A Louisiana prosecutor said he will seek the death penalty against a man who brutally killed a Las Vegas woman and her 12-year-old daughter in 2010 — and whose federal death sentence was ...