The proposed plea deal would have resulted in Hauschultz pleading guilty or no contest to two Class H felony charges.

The mandate of the NJSI is to provide information to the justice community and the public on the nature and extent of crime and victimization and the administration of criminal and civil justice in ...

Today, there are 63 people on Louisiana’s death row, well below the death row populations in Alabama and Texas, but almost twice the size of Mississippi’s. The last time a new death sentence was ...

An official review of sentencing policy said a 'tough on crime narrative' adopted by successive governments had left the ...

Axel Rudakubana, 18, will likely die behind bars after murdering three girls at a dance class, after receiving a 52-year ...

THE BUZZ: SAME CRIME, MORE PUNISHMENT — California Democrats — wary of appearing soft on crime after a rightward lurch by the ...

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

A killer and rapist described by one police investigator as the "most vicious person" he's ever come across is set to become the fourth inmate ... Amendment protections against cruel and unusual ...

Hallmark Channel released four new movies in January as part of its Winter Escape lineup, culminating with “The Perfect Setting” on Saturday, Jan. 25. “The Perfect Setting” stars Laci J.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 28, acquitted a man sentenced to death for the 2013 rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman hailing from Machilipatnam, And ...