The issue before the Supreme Court in Koons v. United States concerns the application of 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2), which allows federal judges to modify a prison term for a “defendant who has been ...

As former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner begins his controversial six-month jail sentence for sexual assault, many are asking whether privilege was a factor in the judge's decision. In a statement to ...

With a continuing wave across the country of tougher punishment for youths who commit serious crimes, the Supreme Court on Monday returned to the constitutional controversy that the wave has stirred.

A review of 2,102 state supreme court rulings on death penalty appeals from the 37 states that heard such cases over the past 15 years found a strong correlation between the results in those cases and ...

Joining us now is heather warranty and she is the executive director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the University of Baltimore, how are you? I'm doing well, thanks, thank you for having ...

One of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary warlords, “Jorge 40,” could be free from prison in the United States in just five years following the conclusion of a strange judicial episode that raises ...