In recent years, a "tough-on-crime" mentality defined corrections policies--for nonviolent drug offenders and murderers alike--nearly everywhere in America. Politicians in state after state voted for ...

A state courts panel balked yesterday at recommending limits on how much time judges have to change sentences they impose. The decision left sponsors and supporters of measures that would set limits ...

The Idaho Legislature is currently debating the wisdom of continuing “mandatory minimum” sentences for the sale or possession of drugs. The outcome will say a lot about our criminal justice system.

The legislature is close to adopting changes in Indiana’s criminal code that would create minimum sentences for the most violent crimes and worst offenders, proponents said Wednesday. “The passage of ...

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