#Sentencing

In India, the sentence a convicted person receives depends less on the offence than on the individual judge or Bench hearing the case. Could a Sentencing Council, that adheres to structured guidelines, remedy this, and how would it operate?

England and Wales judges to be able to keep inmates in their cells for longer or stop visits if they refuse to face victims’ families in court

Judges will be given new powers to impose tougher prison punishments on offenders who refuse to face their victims' families during sentencing.

The court issued a sentence on the lower end of the sentencing guidelines after evidence of an untreated mental health condition emerged.

"I am exhausted of having my life revolve around this man who tried to murder me," the victim wrote ahead of the sentencing.

Former safeguarding minister calls for sentencing guidelines review and fears crime now seen as ‘content for an eyeball economy’

Prosecutors said Shannon O’Connor of Los Gatos facilitated nonconsensual sexual activity between some of the minors.

Kouri Richins was allegedly hellbent on taking down her foes from behind bars including enlisting her family to make a fake gay dating profile for the lead cop in her murder case.

The victim had made plans earlier that day to meet his newborn grandson, Emilio, for the first time — but never made it, his heartbroken daughter said.

From Nypost RSS Feed: Killer Kouri Richins headed to same Utah prison housing other notorious moms — like Ruby Franke

From Nypost RSS Feed: Kouri Richins’ 3 sons effectively orphans with killer mom set to rot behind bars — what happens now

Carl Cacconie’s court-ordered ankle monitor, issued through the El Dorado County Probation Department went offline while he was on Taraval Street in San Francisco.

From Independent RSS Feed: Utah mother sentenced to life for husband’s murder begs sons for forgiveness

Utah mom Kouri Richins — who killed her husband and then wrote a book about processing grief for their sons — was sentenced Wednesday.

“The defendant is not being sentenced for his warped views,” US District Judge Carol Bagley Amon said. “He’s being sentenced for his calls to action.”

NY Post readers discuss Mayor Mamdani’s “tax the rich” antics driving billionaires’ businesses out of NYC.

The one-time missionary of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministry referred to as “the holiest man alive” by other pastors was accused of sexually abusing two boys in the 2023 criminal case.

From Nypost RSS Feed: Illegal immigrant gets life in prison for antisemitic Colorado firebombing attack — but he still could face death penalty

A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief impositi…

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of the U.S. nationals that have been convicted of running laptop farms that allowed North Korean workers to pose as American residents and work at American tech firms.