A member of the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club has learned his punishment. Michael Seth Henry was sentenced to 30 months in ...

Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

Chen Guangyun had handed the money to Poo Tze Chiang, who is no longer a police officer and is now behind bars. Read more at ...

Once a brutal fixture of life in many communities, paramilitary-style ‘punishment’ attacks are in steep decline ...

The Punjab Assembly introduced the 'Punjab Prevention of Offences Against Holy Scriptures Bill 2025,' proposing life ...

Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for ...

The Kerala High Court has observed that caning of students by teachers or corporal punishment would not constitute an offence ...

To mark the 15th anniversary of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) which were adopted by the United ...

Former SC coroner Christopher Dontell has been sentenced for his involvement in the murder of the ex-boyfriend of his ...

Angel Escalante, 53, was tried in a joint prosecution case by the McLennan County and Burnet County District Attorney's Offices.

A spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s Office stated that Punjab has witnessed numerous incidents in the past involving the sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and other revered scriptures, deeply ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.