The ACT's decision to lift the age of criminal responsibility to 14 has exposed a patchwork of lower ages across Australia ...

COMMENT: Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only ...

The move is part of the Downtown Summer Safety Initiative, a new effort to address a growing number of incidents such as ...

North Carolina is poised to receive $150 million from a new multi-state legal settlement with pharmaceutical company Purdue ...

A Saskatoon judge ruled Thursday that Thomas Hamp is not criminally responsible for the death of his partner Emily Sanche in ...

Despite the opioid crisis’ deadly toll, U.S police treat drug use as a criminal issue. But in the Netherlands, a public ...

Holland said law enforcement also found a notebook and pieces of paper that Wohl brought to court the day of the stabbing ...

From July 1, children under 14 in the ACT can no longer be charged, prosecuted, or imprisoned under the criminal legal system ...

San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Brian J. Stretch granted misdemeanor diversion to a 29-year-old woman accused of ...

The public's focus on Sean "Diddy" Combs evading the more serious charges against him ignores the plight of his victims ...

The final report of the Yoorrook Justice Commission tabled in the Victorian parliament this week is a heartbreaking read.

Moves to further restrict children's access to youth diversion programs in the Northern Territory will drive more children into an excessively ...