What is the purpose of punishment? Seriously, I’m curious. I suppose it breaks down into two broad categories: it teaches the person punished not to transgress laws, and it is used as an example to ...

The grandfather of a toddler that fell through an open window on a cruise ship last summer has been charged with negligent homicide in the toddler’s death, according to the Puerto Rican Department of ...

Setting aside this specific case, have you ever wondered why we legally punish people? There are many possible answers, all under dispute. First, some people favor punishment as a form of deterrence.

The central purposes of the death penalty, according to its proponents, are retribution, deterrence, and incapacitation. 123 None justifies the execution of persons with mental retardation. For the ...

Behavioral psychology says that punishment is an ineffective motivational tool, because its effects are only temporary. While punishment may suppress undesirable behavior temporarily, it fails to ...

In Arkansas, eight executions have been scheduled in April, starting with two on Easter Monday. I hope the governor will stop them. In debating the morality of capital punishment, a touchstone for me ...

The Modern Law Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions and, increasingly, to the law of the European Union. In addition to ...

The grandfather of a toddler that fell through an open window on a cruise ship last summer has been charged with negligent homicide in the toddler’s death, according to the Puerto Rican Department of ...

The grandfather of a toddler that fell through an open window on a cruise ship last summer has been charged with negligent homicide in the toddler's death, according to the Puerto Rican Department of ...