Mandatory minimum sentences for human traffickers have bipartisan support, but advocates worry they could be applied to victims.

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Santos was convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. President Donald Trump said Friday evening he has signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from ...

The length of prison time given to Mahek Bukhari has been described as "wholly disproportionate" by barristers representing her A TikTok influencer who murdered her mother's lover and his friend in a ...

A former enforcer in a Springfield gang who ordered the murder of a woman in 1994 in an effort to reach the rank of “chief warlord” has been granted parole from his life sentence, records show. The ...

A security guard jailed for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV star Holly Willoughby has lost an appeal against his life sentence. Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years ...

President Donald Trump said Friday evening he has signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from prison "immediately." Santos, 37, was less than three months into ...

President Donald Trump said Friday evening he had just signed a commutation releasing scandal-plagued former congressman George Santos from prison "immediately." North Korean soldier defects to South ...

Nicolas Sarkozy begins a five-year prison sentence in La Santé. He maintains his innocence and vows to fight the decision. Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former French president in living memory to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to ...

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A St. Louis man received a sentence of life in prison plus 10 years for the murder of his girlfriend last July in a Dutchtown home. Derrick A. Smith, 41, was found guilty in the killing of 38-year-old ...