In 2016, 30 people were sentenced to death in America, and 20 people were executed. Those numbers are the lowest in decades, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center, which ...

The phrase “number sentence” was new to me, too, when my 8-year-old son brought it home from school this year. But I didn’t make fun of it. I cheered it! When we call an equation like a ...

During a press call Wednesday, Nellis added that the number of life sentences has quintupled since 1984 — even amid historically low crime and murder rates nationwide. In addition, Nellis ...

The number of people serving life sentences in U.S. prisons is surging. According to a new report issued by the Sentencing Project, nearly 162,000 inmates are serving a life sentence, one out of ...

Brian Snyder/Reuters A record number of people are serving a form of life sentence in United States prisons, including one out of every five African-American prisoners. According to a new report ...