Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, is carrying out a prison sentencing review - Ian Davidson/Alamy Live News Criminals could serve sentences at home under house arrest as part of government plans ...

Convicted child killer Adam Montgomery is asking for a review of his sentence for the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony. Montgomery, 34, was sentenced to 56 years to life in state prison in ...

PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are once again weighing a proposal that would allow people serving long sentences to ask a judge for a “second look” at their punishment after 10 years. Matching ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in mid-February granted a petition asking it to consider whether the mandatory sentence for murder in the second degree — life without parole — is unconstitutional under ...

Ohio's criminal sentencing system allows trial court judges to give people convicted of multiple crimes sentences that run either concurrently or consecutively. This can swing prison time from a few ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 41-year-old Jacksonville man who committed one of the city’s most notorious murders when he was 14 years old will have his life sentence reviewed by a judge. But not for a while ...