London Lamar, a Memphis Democrat. Buford's pitch to lawmakers: For a life sentence with parole to actually mean something, they have to actually have a shot at release. “If he or she has ...

President Joe Biden announced Monday morning that he was commuting the sentences of nearly every inmate on federal death row in a move meant to stop President-elect Donald Trump from restarting ...

A prison sentence should mean just that — a full prison sentence. Not “good time,” not early release in a “transitional ...

So what does a commuted sentence mean? Here is what you need to know in light of Biden's announcement. A sentence commutation reduces the severity of the sentence. Under Article II, Section 2 of ...

Life imprisonment is a grave sentence- in theory, it means the convicted person will spend the rest of their life in prison. However, the Thai penal system allows for certain sentence reviews and ...

The measure is a rare and lenient sentence in the New York state court system that still means that Trump will enter office on January 20th as a felon. If Trump had been sentenced to a conditional ...

DETROIT (AP) — More than 250 people serving life prison sentences will get an opportunity for shorter terms after a major decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals, attorneys said Thursday.

SHAPIRO: Now, Vietnam has one of the highest rates of death sentences in the world ... SHAPIRO: How are people in Vietnam reacting? I mean, you say there's confusion in the business community.