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 ...

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

Under the pressure of right wing populism, the Netherlands have been transformed from a country that was a model of humane crime policy to one hung up on security and punishment. The offensive of ...

As political debate over law and order grows, leaders must address the divide in how city and country Australians view crime and punishment.

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

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 ...

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.

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to a man, convicted for life in 2003 rape and murder case of an 8 year old, whose ...

It's a controversial form of discipline, but it's not illegal in Alabama. Here's what the state law says about corporal ...