More than 500 people attended a Tuesday rally at the Capitol in support of a trio of bills that would overhaul the state’s ...

A new law allows courts to impose lesser sentences if it can be determined the defendant was a victim of domestic violence at ...

As Utah reports higher rates than the national average, HB207 seeks to reform sentencing laws for repeat offenders.

Extensive evidence shows the government’s plan to legislate mandatory minimum sentences for hate crimes, including ...

A top Justice Department official has accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a memo in which he sought to ...

A bill advanced in Olympia that may lead to a floor vote on one of the most significant law and justice bills of this session ...

The changes at Justice are already out there in black and white. An interim memo indicates epic changes in how the department ...

A federal judge calls for giving New York state judges the ability to reevaluate sentences in cases where a person has ...

Mandatory sentencing also shifts discretion to other, less transparent, parts of the criminal justice system (for example, police and prosecution services), as they frame the charges that will ...

He sought justice from injustice. He sought life for those on Death Row. He urged others to, “do unto others as you would ...

Former Sen. Bob Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, are sentenced on federal bribery and ...

Imagine sitting there in court for the hearing to begin and all of a sudden the man who killed your daughter walks in, sits ...