A policeman who fatally tasered a 95-year-old at a NSW nursing home will on Friday learn the next steps in a prosecution’s appeal against his sentence, which saw him avoid spending a day behind bars.

The legal change is set to spare the life of the tycoon Truong My Lan, who was sentenced to death last year for her role in a ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

Two daycare workers, who pleaded guilty to charges related to the abuse of a Pittsburg infant in June of last year, will ...

Tennessee enacts 177 new laws, covering areas from school vouchers to women's health. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Starting July 1, 177 ...

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The coalition government scrapped the sentence in 2012, but the change was not applied retrospectively, leaving around 2,544 prisoners behind bars. Of those, 1,012 have never been released.

Other people who had their sentences commuted include rapper NBA YoungBoy, sentenced over his involvement in a 2019 fatal shootout outside the Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach ...

A judge overturned a California man's 378-year sentence for sexual assault on Friday, after ruling that his accuser may have made up the charges.

Prolific abuser Joel Le Scouarnec's 20-year sentence raises questions about whether French law is too lenient.

Larry Hoover, a founder of the infamous Gangster Disciples street gang out of Chicago, had his life sentence commuted by Donald Trump, according to various reports.

These include using fewer and shorter prison sentences, enhanced opportunities for early release based on good behaviour, and more use of community sentences.