So, I wanted to know: what’s the rationale behind our current form of prison-based punishment? Before the late 1700s in England and colonial America, almost everything was punishable by death.

Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...

A Lubbock jury sentenced to life in prison a 56-year-old habitual offender who prosecutors described as an irredeemable sex ...

A judge sentenced a former Youth Development Center staff member to two 10- to 20-year "stand-committed" sentences Monday for holding down a 14-year-old boy in a staircase as two other youth ...