Criminal Justice News

Three individuals have been sentenced to 14 years in jail for smuggling over 100 kg of ganja.

The Lindsay Clancy case sparked widespread debate across America regarding whether she should be viewed as a criminal or a victim.

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, potentially bringing closure to rap's most famous unsol

Amy-Clare Martin discusses her three-year investigation into IPP sentences for The Independent, advocating for reform to balance public protection with fairness

The prime minister has stated that changes to early prison release policies, as desired by Burnham, will keep hundreds more criminals incarcerated, but these ch

Labour's Bridget Phillipson stated that cells for arrested offenders might run out without the early prison release scheme, defending the plan as a necessity du

A Democratic prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, backed by George Soros, is facing a recall effort initiated by a grieving mother whose daughter was alleged

A family has welcomed the UK government's consideration of reviewing laws concerning defendants deemed unfit to stand trial, following a case where a driver who

A top prison governor has warned Andy Burnham to have the courage to end the scandal of indefinite jail terms, stating that rowing back on plans for early priso

Ancell Marshall was escorted through a hostile crowd at the Old Bailey, as a detective nicknamed 'Mr Murder' is implicated in an alleged framing attempt related

Victims of sexual offences in Scotland may face increased risks due to deep and permanent reforms planned for the country's criminal justice system.

A new policy may confine violent and sexual offenders to specific zones of a few miles after their release from prison.

Victims will be able to help draw up exclusion zones for released offenders, allowing them greater freedom and reducing the fear of encountering their abusers.

The UK is facing a prisons crisis, highlighted by a row over the potential early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers, as the prison system is reportedly on th

The trial of Luciano Frattolin, accused of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in the death of his 9-year-old daughter Melina Frattolin in Mo

There is fresh hope for the release of inmates serving 'inhumane' indefinite jail terms (IPP prisoners), with calls for sentence reviews for the 2,400 individua

A triple killer, James Desborough, has been given a whole-life jail sentence for murdering and dismembering two friends, and later strangling a cellmate. The ju

James Desborough, already serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate, has been convicted of two additional murders. He was found guilty of murdering and d

A man named Thomas White, who stole a phone 14 years ago, is being returned to prison indefinitely after spending nine months in a secure hospital. This decisio

The Prime Minister has paused the prisoner early release scheme after a police officer's widow criticized the potential early release of her husband's killers a

Andy Burnham is set to review the prisoner early release scheme following widespread public outrage over the early release of two individuals involved in the ki

A man has been sentenced to six years in jail for throwing a victim over a 12-foot wall onto a busy road, an incident captured on dashcam footage.

The mother of PC Andrew Harper has expressed outrage after receiving a letter from the Ministry of Justice suggesting two of her son's killers could be released

An Uber driver, Adam Daley, 33, has been jailed for 16 years after raping a passenger at knifepoint. Police have issued a warning that he may have more victims.