The City of Pueblo has stopped a controversial practice of handing down inflated jail sentences for missing court dates for minor offenses. A district judge ruled the practice was unconstitutional in ...

The Sentencing Project's article cites evidence that increasing prison sentences based on criminal history does not improve public safety and disproportionately harms people of color, and proposes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Frederick dentist is expected to return to his practice after serving a jail sentence, according to his office. Dr. Brian Motz, ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

Supreme Court rules compensation for victims isn’t a substitute for criminal punishment and issues guidelines for ...