Jesus Vasquez, originally from Honduras, lights candles at a makeshift memorial to the 53 people who died after human smugglers left them in a truck trailer outside San Antonio on hot day in June 2022 ...

WAY PEOPLE ARE PROSECUTED. THE MISSOURI CRIME BILL GOING INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF AUGUST MEANS NO PROBATION FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON SENSE THAT IF YOU KILL SOMEBODY WITHOUT ANY ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new law that could lead to imposing the death penalty on people who rape children under age 12 will take effect Sunday, along with other laws passed during the 2023 legislative ...

Lifetime prison sentences should be re-examined after a study found racial disparities among those sentenced to North Carolina’s harshest punishment short of death, Duke University legal experts say.