Analysis - In a recent statement, South Africa's minister of correctional services said more than 18,000 parolees had reoffended in the past three years. They included 209 committing murder and 330 ...

With Justice Martin Jenkins’ retirement, California will lose one of the few Black men ever to serve on our state’s highest ...

While the declaration of gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster signals the gravity of the crisis, the ...

Judges' private conduct also determines the perception of judicial independence, Justice Nagarathna said, emphasising the ...

While a lack of remorse will not aggravate (increase) a sentence, a sincere expression of remorse can reduce a sentence, especially if accompanied by an early guilty plea ...

Discover the real legal and human-rights reasons countries refuse extradition requests, from dual criminality to fairness ...

Transforming civic data in the United States is essential to improve our collective health and well-being.

The way to stop this cycle is to show that specific unthinkable, unconstitutional ideas are unthinkable for good reason: They ...

The pardon application, though, is a new gambit. And Trump’s letter is likely one reason for the timing. Netanyahu may ...

Research shows that systems often fail survivors, especially when abusers hold power. Addressing these failures requires both ...

When Joseph Smith was 27, he was involved in the brutal beating death of a man in Mobile. At the time, he was reading at fourth-grade level. Is it enough to keep him from being executed? The federal ...