South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging lawmakers to strengthen penalties for crimes involving child sexual ...

The Iowa House Judiciary Subcommittee advanced a bill on Thursday that would extend the mandatory minimum prison sentence for ...

Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered on the steps of the State Capitol to call on lawmakers to pass a series of prison sentencing ...

The Iowa House Judiciary Subcommittee advanced a bill on Thursday that would extend the mandatory minimum prison sentence for ...

A shift away from individualized sentencing is a move away from “scientifically informed response to criminal behavior,” said ...

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) – A bill to raise the mandatory minimum sentence for someone convicted of first-degree murder with ...

Advocates, activists, Democratic lawmakers, and families of incarcerated New Yorkers gathered at the State Capitol to call ...

Iowa House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a "tough on crime" legislative package that would impose a mandatory 20-year ...

An 18-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to life with a mandatory minimum to serve before being eligible for parole in the targeted and ambushed attack of 16-year-old Michael McCune in 2023.

Virginia Senate committee advances gun control bills on assault weapons and home storage, but rejects a proposal to raise ...

Republicans on a House panel advanced a bill Thursday that would mandate a 20-year prison sentence for people convicted of multiple specific crimes. Iowa’s current habitual offender law has stackable ...

The Northern Territory government has moved to rush through changes to remote housing laws that would clear the way for rent ...