A major goal of the American judicial system is that the punishment should fit the crime — the police chief of Purcellville, Virginia, wants to make sure that tenet applies to drivers. “The state code ...

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 ...

The adage “let the punishment fit the crime,” articulated by the Roman philosopher Cicero some 2,000 years ago, reflects a principle fundamental to every modern legal system. The Supreme Court has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.