Judge Rosemarie Aquilina last Wednesday sentenced Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting over 150 gymnasts while working for USA Gymnastics. Earlier in the sentencing ...

You may have heard there’s a growing political movement against mass incarceration. Someone should clue in the judges. In the past 30 years, federal judges have turned to imprisonment – as opposed to ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Ashley Merritt of the Valparaiso University School of Law discusses the effectiveness of mandatory minimum sentencing laws on deterring gun violence… In response to a disturbing ...

Judges could soon consider a new dimension when it comes to sentencing: the future. A recent news article at fivethrtyeight.com describes how, in Pennsylvania, judges may start using statistical ...

The steel door slammed shut. The wheelchair was rolled down to “The Rock,” a vast open space of steel tables and chairs bolted to the floor where death row inmates gather. They peered through the bars ...

A veteran of law enforcement urges support for the Second Look Act, the Earned Time Act and the Marvin Mayfield Act. Credit: Getty Images. As a law enforcement professional, I’ve spent my career ...