Anyone who commits capital murder or rapes a child under 13 years old could be sentenced to life in prison at hard labor under a bill the House passed Wednesday as it began cleaning up the left over ...

A Jennings mother whose 10-month old daughter died after being left in a hot car has been sentenced.

On Tuesday, Lake Charles 41-year-old Shirley Sawyer-Johnson was sentenced to 30 years in prison at hard labor following ...

"Especially heinous" convicted criminals could be sentenced to hard labor in New Hampshire under a proposed bill.

THIS OLD SCHOOL PRACTICE DESERVES A COMEBACK. THE CHAIN GANG IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING ITS RETURN IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRISON SYSTEM, AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY ...

Convicted murderers and child rapists face the prospect of performing hard labor during their long prison terms under legislation the House of Representatives adopted Wednesday. Hard labor for ...

Capital murderers and those convicted of raping minors under the age of 13 would face sentences of hard labor under a reworked bill that cleared a House committee along partisan lines Thursday. House ...

Anyone who commits capital murder or rapes a child under 13 years old could be sentenced to life in prison at hard labor under a bill the ...

The New Hampshire House voted 179-159 on Wednesday in favor of legislation ( Senate Bill 15) that would allow hard labor at sentencing in cases of capital murder or aggravated felonious sexual assault ...