Can prison sentences deter potential criminals? A new study suggests that in certain circumstances, they can. Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate ...

With the prison population rising, along with the cost of keeping people locked up, ministers have indicated they want to see fewer people serving short jail terms. But are community sentences a real ...

Can a person convicted to imprisonment in different cases, serve the sentences concurrently? The High Court was posed with such a question in two separate petitions. In one, a person was sentenced to ...

The ruling will affect death-sentencing procedures in states where juries decided a defendants' guilt or innocence and a judge alone decided the sentence. The court held 7 to 2 that the defendants' ...