ON ELECTING PROSECUTORS, FOLLOW FLORIDA'S LEAD

Prosecutors can institute prebooking diversion programs that move low-level offenders away from the criminal justice system and into community-based services... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES ON THE PRISON CRISIS

Obama explained that people who commit violent crimes are not the reason for the exploding federal prison population over the last few decades... READ MORE›

HILLARY CLINTON RATTLES PRISON STOCKS WITH A SINGLE TWEET

On Friday, private prison stocks dropped sharply after Clinton said we needed to end the era of mass incarceration... READ MORE›

JAMES HOLMES SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR US CINEMA KILLINGS

Profile Aurora gunman James Holmes In July, Holmes was convicted on 165 counts of murder, attempted murder and an explosives charge over the shootings in Aurora, Colorado... READ MORE›

DECADES IN JAIL FOR ANOTHER MANS CRIME

Robert Jones was accused of being behind a crime spree of rape, robbery and then the murder of holidaymaker Julie Stott in New Orleans in 1992... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE GRAND JURY INDICTS SIX OFFICERS IN FREDDIE GRAY'S DEATH

Rice, a lieutenant who initiated a chase with Gray, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment... READ MORE›

NEW YORK PRISON WORKER CHARGED WITH HELPING FUGITIVES

A New York state prison worker who police say provided tool parts to help two convicted murderers escape has been arrested... READ MORE›

MAN SENT BACK TO PRISON FOR GETTING JOB THAT STARTED TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING

46 GMT Stansfield was sent to Pentonville prison when LCRC told him he was in breach of his licence... READ MORE›

SEARCH FOR HMP WANDSWORTH PRISONER RELEASED BY MISTAKE

Police are hunting for Ryan Byrne 34 who was released in error from Wandsworth Prison... READ MORE›

GUATEMALAN JUDGE ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR PRESIDENT OTTO PA(C)REZ MOLINA

On Wednesday the country's top prosecutor's office tweeted that the attorney general Thelma Aldana had asked for an arrest warrant for P rez Molina... READ MORE›

UNDERWEAR THIEF USED CUSTOM-MADE FISHING ROD TO STEAL MORE THAN 285 BRAS

The man confessed that his crime spree had not been brief, but had been stealing the items of clothing over a three-year period... READ MORE›

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM

BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›

GIRLS IN JUVENILE DETENTION ARE OFTEN THE VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, REPORT FINDS

Of those girls now in the US juvenile justice system, 84 percent have experienced family violence, according to new research... READ MORE›

POLICE SWARM UPSTATE N.Y. AREA AFTER POSSIBLE SIGHTING OF PRISON ESCAPEES

A heavy police presence has descended on Allegany County, New York, two weeks after the men executed a brazen prison break... READ MORE›

BILL COSBY ARRIVES FOR DAY 2 OF HEARING THAT COULD DECIDE HIS FATE

According to his testimony Tuesday, Castor believed Constand had been molested by Cosby but he thought he couldn't prove it a year after the alleged crime... READ MORE›

HOW COULD BRITAIN SEE THE LIGHT ON RAPE BY LOOKING TO THE NORDIC COUNTRIES

Cultural attitudes and criminal justice procedures elsewhere dealing with sexual violence may be imperfect, but we could learn a lot from them... READ MORE›

B.C. GOVERNMENT APPEALING TO AMAZON TO STOP SELLING PICKTON

As well, former Saskatchewan minister Colin Thatcher wrote his account of the circumstances that saw him convicted in 1984 for the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson... READ MORE›

Emma Czornobaj, 25, was also given 240 hours community service and a 10-year driving ban as she heard her sentence in Quebec's Superior Court in Montreal on Thursday... READ MORE›

SERIAL RAPIST MICHAEL MURRAY LIVES BESIDE UCD AND SUNBATHES ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

Picture exclusive Serial rapist Michael Murray lives beside UCD and sunbathes on college campus... READ MORE›

AMANDA KNOX CONVICTION BASED ON POOR CASE

Knox and Sollecito had served nearly four years in Italian prison after a first, lower court conviction by a Perugia court... READ MORE›

'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE

Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›

EGYPTIAN MILITARY CALLS TODDLERS LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER A MISTAKE

Insulting the judiciary is a crime in Egypt, and many people have been convicted of the charge in recent years... READ MORE›

DELHI JUVENILE GANG RAPIST FREED AMID PROTESTS

Late on Saturday, Swati Maliwal, the head of Delhi Commission of Women, filed a petition to the Supreme Court trying to prevent the release... READ MORE›

DNA TEST SEES CONVICT FREED AFTER 34 YEARS

Prosecutor Patrick Dougherty admitted that the new evidence was sufficient to vacate the conviction... READ MORE›

OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL: SENTENCING CONTINUES LIVE

Mr and Mrs Steenkamp do not want any money, the offer has been made and it has been rejected, Du Bruyn said... READ MORE›

MAN ADMITS CARRYING SWORD IN ISLINGTON

But District Judge Mary Connolly said If he is in fear of violence why is he out at night with a hockey mask and sword?... READ MORE›

ARMED MAN, GETAWAY DRIVER HELP PRISONER ESCAPE IN NORTHERN ALBERTA

Daring escape in Peace River as armed man, getaway driver help free prisoner... READ MORE›

SYRIAN MIGRANT ACCUSED OF BERLIN BOMB PLOT KILLS HIMSELF

Spiegel Online reported that al-Bakr had been under round-the-clock surveillance in police custody in Leipzig due to an acute risk of suicide and hunger strike... READ MORE›

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AMOUNT TO 'EXTERMINATION'

UN report Syrian government actions amount to 'extermination'... READ MORE›

BRITISH RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH DEFAMATION IN THAILAND

Separately, he is facing two civil defamation cases where Natural Fruit is asking for damages of 400,000,000 baht, around ?7m... READ MORE›