Three Bellevue Police Officers are being disciplined for questionable behavior during and outside a Seattle Seahawks football game in September. While some are saying the punishments are not enough, ...

An Afghani immigrant — a former American military ally recently vetted — guns down two National Guardsmen. Having the punishment fit the crime would express more than a legal ideal — it encapsulates a ...

Public corruption should always trigger outrage, regardless of the offender. When people entrusted with public dollars abuse that trust, the damage goes far beyond the financial hit. It erodes ...

In this week’s Ask Isaacs, 6 News’ Lori Tucker and Attorney Greg Isaacs discuss the Joseph Dalton case. The former teacher was sentenced to 6 months of supervised probation with judicial diversion ...

Ideally, writes attorney Joel Cohen, a sentence should hold a mirror up to a defendant so that the sentencing judge and society can determine that the defendant's demons have been exorcised, or at ...

A woman gets probation for pulling out a gun and firing shots at a group of individuals on the Strip (Sept. 17 Review-Journal)? Insanity. The judge and prosecutor should lose their jobs. Day after day ...

Tougher sentences are needed to stop fly-tipping punishments from courts being undermined, the body representing councils ...

The U.S. Constitution famously outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments.” But there's another, far more obscure part of the Constitution called... Should the fine have to fit the crime? The U.S.

Earlier this month, a jury convicted Stephen J. Hayes of breaking into the Cheshire, Connecticut, home of the Petit family three years ago, then kidnapping the family, physically assaulting the father ...

In what is usually a celebratory event, the graduation ceremony at a high school in Wichita, Kansas has been overshadowed by controversy. That’s because the school’s valedictorian was stripped of his ...

You are cited for speeding and receive the customary ticket with a fine. While walking down the street one day, you are met by a group of masked men and whisked away in a white van. By the end of the ...

The road to redemption can be rocky for the once all-conquering Hollywood star. One minute you’re cock of the walk, the next you’re showbusiness roadkill. Peeling yourself off the tarmac and finding a ...