The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concern Friday after visiting Peru, where it observed serious issues such as prison overcrowding, lengthy pretrial detention, and a ...

A blind street musician performs in New York City, 1898. While New York never officially enacted an “ugly law,” it drafted one similar to those in other cities across the nation, as part of ...

The laws mean all adults in the community have a legal duty to report sexual offending against children to the police, unless they have a reasonable excuse for not doing so. Learn more about the ...

On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 11 more bills into law as the latest Legislative session approaches its end.

In addition, the law designates the week of April 14 as “Move Over Awareness Week.” The law is set to take effect on July 1, 2026. HB 1049 — Court Officials ...

Bringing back blasphemy laws would only be bad for Muslims. As a protester who set fire to the Quran is found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence, Rakib Ehsan says giving Islam ...

Plaintiff sued Justice Everett in his capacity as a licensing officer pursuant to Penal Law 265.00(10); 400.00. Justice Everett moved to dismiss the complaint, ...

Law enforcement officials have charged Xiaomin Fei, 34, of Nazareth, after, police claim, he killed his in-laws as his children hid in a nearby room of a Palmer Township home on Tuesday.

The South Australian government has passed new child protection laws but advocates say the reforms do not go far enough.. The Children and Young People (Safety and Support) Bill passed with ...

An anti-abortion advocate and abortion-rights advocates hold up signs during an anti-abortion rally in 2022. (Meg Potter/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP, File) NEW YORK (CN) — A challenge to a New York ...

Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday. It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take ...