Elizabeth Berry was hanged at Walton Prison in 1887 after murdering her 11-year-old daughter, Edith. Working as a nurse at ...

Over 1,000 women ended up in a Dutch state workhouse between 1886 and 1934. This was a place for vagrants, beggars and ...

In April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) cut large areas from legal aid, meaning fewer people can access legal advice. “Legal aid can be the difference ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to overturn Supreme Court precedents restricting capital punishment and expand states’ access to lethal drugs used in executions.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina told Channel 9 about his plans to ensure speeding and reckless drivers face steeper punishments. Deputies recently released several videos showing them dealing with ...

August 9: Body of trainee doctor found in seminar hall on third floor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. August 10: Kolkata Police arrests civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy; describes him as ...

Washington — President Donald Trump's decision to pardon or commute the prison sentences of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot include 11 ...

The charges under which Roy has been convicted entail a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum can be capital punishment. The court heard statements by accused Roy and the Central ...

Neyyatinkara Additional Sessions Court Judge A.M. Basheer has sentenced Greeshma, the prime accused in the infamous Sharon Raj murder case, to capital punishment. Greeshma, who committed the murder at ...

Mr Armstrong was the master of the workhouse at St Mary’s in Newport on the Isle of Wight during the 1880s and 1890s. Without wishing to speak ill of the dead, it is safe to say he would not have won ...