The City of Pueblo has stopped a controversial practice of handing down inflated jail sentences for missing court dates for minor offenses. A district judge ruled the practice was unconstitutional in ...

In July 2000, eight-year-old Sarah Payne was murdered by Roy Whiting, a convicted paedophile who had been released early from a four-year sentence for abducting and assaulting a young girl. The ...

Supreme Court rules compensation for victims isn’t a substitute for criminal punishment and issues guidelines for ...