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 ...

For instance, in one Indiana study, “about half of those who did find post-release employment had an annual income of less than $5,000.” Over time, those lost earnings compound.

Merriam-Webster had touched on a stubborn taboo — the practice of ending sentences with prepositions such as to, with, about, upon, for or of — that was drilled into many of us in grade school ...

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 ...

The company’s latest annual report, filed on Feb. 2, also changed a sentence on hiring and evaluation mechanisms that previously mentioned a desire to “promote equity for all candidates and ...

A row over pre-sentence reports has erupted after guidelines were changed to recommend them for criminals from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority. The Sentencing Council has set out the ...

Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter Just Revealed What Makes a Role-Model Leader in 1 Sentence A wise observation from an even wiser leadership guru. He’s still churning out nuggets.

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, the longest-serving alderman in city history, has officially reported to a federal prison to begin serving a prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption trial.

An Ohio woman, who hit and killed a young girl with her car, has received a bizarre jail sentence almost as off-putting as the crash itself. Gloria Bartek, 77, drove straight through a church parki… ...

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a Chicago gang leader who was convicted for a 1973 murder.. The action was one of several announced by the president on May 28 ...