Trial courts in two high-profile cases, the R.G. Kar rape and murder in Kolkata and the Sharon Raj murder in Kerala, have failed to follow Supreme Court guidelines on the awarding of the death penalty ...

Washington state lawmakers are contemplating a bill that, if enacted, would give judges discretion to reduce the sentences of convicted felons, including those convicted of violent crimes and murder.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was presented with more bills on Wednesday, signing 19 into law after signing dozens more in the last seven days. Whitmer also signed 35 bills on ...

Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

A retired federal judge from Pennsylvania explains presidential pardons and commutations and how they could affect respect for law.

(THE CONVERSATION) In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly everyone convicted of crimes associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol – ...

Sanjay Roy was sentenced to life imprisonment in the RG Kar rape and murder case. A lawyer, appearing on behalf of the ...

THE judiciary in Pakistan does not have established sentencing guidelines for the application of the death penalty.

Sentencings for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will ...

The president said that with Friday's action he has "now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president ...