As the Trump administration’s new iteration has placed heavy rhetorical emphasis on public safety, an issue that remains top of mind for many voters—particularly those aligned with the current ...

While federal prosecutors initially said they wouldn’t seek the death penalty against Chelsea Perkins, 19 News Investigator ...

As others have said: crime is nonpartisan. Crime has decreased across the U.S. during the past three decades overall, and the ...

Kevin Fisher writes about the recent onslaught of executions in South Carolina, and one case that undermines the justice ...

Perhaps the most powerful moment in the verdict came when Judge Sezer explicitly declared: “ Antisemitism is not an opinion! ...

Alastair McClure, a legal historian of modern South Asia and the British Empire at the University of Hong Kong examines mercy ...

For Mandela, forgetting the past is the prerequisite for the embracement of democratic triumph over the horrors of apartheid.

"Never let this monster see the light of day again," a young woman begged the Lubbock federal district judge determining the ...

Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, ...

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia stands as a magnificent ruin, a Gothic fortress that looms over the city like ...

Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, ...

Lengthy prison sentences can be as effective as the death penalty in deterring homicides, according to new University of ...