Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offenses, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony ...

It didn't get much media attention, but if you go to page 654 of the 655-page the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama on Oct. 28, 2009, you will find Sec. 4713 ...

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama Administration is expanding their mandatory sentencing reforms to cases where charges have already been filed, during a Congressional Black Caucus ...

He urged Congress to promptly send him a final bill to sign. “It’s the right thing to do,” Trump added. The tentative legislative package, developed by a bipartisan group of senators and called the ...

Offenders convicted of the crime would never become eligible for parole, according to the plans announced by Zia Yusuf.

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court made an extraordinary change to the state’s sentencing law Thursday, striking down automatic, no-parole prison terms for 19-year-olds and 20-year-olds ...

A pair of Republican-backed bills seek to create mandatory minimum sentences for black-market fentanyl dealers in New Hampshire. Senate Bill 14 and Senate Bill 15, both sponsored by Sandown Republican ...