NORFOLK, Va. – According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Black male offenders on average received sentences 20.4 percent longer than white males who commit the same crimes. Mandatory minimum ...

Courts across Canada have been issuing sentences for years that were less than the mandatory minimum for possession of child sexual abuse material, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. The ...

OTTAWA — The one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday. In a 5-4 decision, the top court ...

Beginning in October, repeat sexual offenders in Florida will serve a minimum of a decade in jail for their crimes. A new Florida law establishing a minimum sentence for people repeatedly convicted of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — The Rogel Aguilera-Mederos ...

People take a break on the front lawn of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — The one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for ...