CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that multiple prison terms handed out to juvenile offenders that amount to a life-without-parole sentence for crimes other than murder are ...

The actions build on pardons announced last year by the president, and on efforts by the Justice Department to correct glaring racial disparities in drug sentencing. By Katie Rogers Reporting from ...

Fetterman advocates eliminating the Pennsylvania law mandating life-without-parole sentences in second-degree or so-called felony murder cases, in which the defendant is an accessory to a murder. In ...

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye, has stated that contracting the COVID-19 virus is not equivalent to a death sentence. Addressing a press conference Tuesday, Dr ...

A majority of those convicted of trafficking crack cocaine are Black, and the mandatory sentence is far harsher than for powder cocaine. By Glenn Thrush WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B.

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John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, has advocated for ending mandatory life sentences for what is known as felony murder. But he has not ...