The number of death sentences issued in California dropped this year to 10, one of the lowest levels since the state reinstated capital punishment in 1978. The decline, from 29 in each of the last ...

Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported Sunday, although it is unclear how this will apply to people arrested in ...

With the horror of some 100,000 annual overdose deaths in the 2020s and the deadly nature of illegal synthetic drugs, it’s easy to think that imposing longer, tougher sentences might save lives ...