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

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

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The court heard the other offence involved “waving” his penis around in front of the same ... different time and place. The man was given one month’s jail with immediate parole and this ...

Surveillance video reviewed by authorities reportedly showed Gay distracting an employee by asking about a diamond ring, then replacing a different ... committing the same crimes he had already ...

They found that these SNPPs, which take discretion away from judges and parole boards in setting minimum prison sentences, had the same deterrent ... studying because different states and ...

aiming to assure her that he was "profoundly sorry" for his crimes and arguing that an 87-month sentence would be overly harsh. “Every sunrise since that plea has carried the same realization ...

A judge sentenced former Sumner High School head basketball coach Jacob Jackson Thursday to 40 years in prison for sex crimes against minors. Prosecutors initially asked the judge to sentence ...

Police arrested Renschler following a June drug bust that uncovered eight different illegal substances ... Two others were convicted in the same drug bust. Jeramy Elrod, 47, got 20 to 40 years ...

Minguzzi's family and much of the public have demanded that the defendants receive the maximum penalty for their alleged crime, arguing that a strict sentence ... tried in a different way.