TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of ...

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist ...

Despite images of a nationwide sweep, there is little evidence so far that ICE is arresting, detaining or deporting many more ...

Three individuals, including a married couple, receive life sentences for the premeditated murder of a rape victim, shedding light on the alarming rates of femicide in South Africa.

Mumbai: Observing that criminal jurisprudence recognises reformative action rather than retribution, a Mumbai sessions court judge upheld the convicti.

Policies enacted to prevent food waste have been found to be effective. But what would be the cost to business of enacting ...

In a major setback to the BJP-led MahaYuti government, a Nashik district court on Thursday sentenced State Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP (Ajit Pawar) to two years' imprisonment and ...

New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is moving to root out political correctness in the state's prison system with a new directive ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from Nashua, directed the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections to refer to incarcerated individuals as inmates, not 'residents.' ...

Anthony Reed, 31, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for four drug-related charges and participating in a criminal gang.

Siding squarely with law enforcement, Gov. Kelly Ayotte ordered Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks to change agency policy and use "inmates" and not "residents" in all references to those ...

Kelly Ayotte has a grammatical note for the officials that run the state’s prisons: The people held there are “inmates,” not ...