The story lines of every episode of legal TV dramas, from Law & Order to Perry Mason, revolve around five key narrative moments: the crime, the arrest, the plea, the verdict, and the offender's ...

Consecutive sentences against Jacory Dante McCalpin total more than 106 years for charges that describe violent sexual assaults and other abuse of a woman for more than two years. District Judge ...

Public safety must be a top consideration whenever someone is proposing or discussing changes to the nation’s criminal codes, whether federal, state, or local. Unfortunately, too many today have ...

Jessie Askew Jr. was sentenced to life without parole for a clumsy armed robbery with an unloaded gun. The man who sent him away was determined to bring him back home. By Joshua Sharpe The court ruled ...