Jul. 4—LIMA — To the casual observer, the criminal justice system can seem not only confusing but at times vastly random and unjust. One defendant gets a lengthy prison sentence, while another gets ...

Alabama’s prison population continues to increase, while overall fiscal costs, employee turnover, and violence reach unprecedented and intolerable levels. To provide perspective - if Alabama’s prison ...

President Biden will commute the sentences of 11 individuals serving jail sentences for nonviolent drug offenses Friday, and he will sign a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses. The ...

Ohio prison officials shouldn't be able to extend certain inmates' time behind bars because the law that enabled that is unconstitutional, attorneys for two imprisoned men argued Wednesday before the ...

WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- A Greene County, Pa., judge ran some of Jerod Green's sentences concurrently, resulting in a sentence several years lighter than the maximum. Although Judge William Nalitz didn't ...

A landmark criminal justice bill that would end mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes in New Jersey, including non-violent drug offenses, is now heading to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk after being ...