LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Judge Tracy Davis chose a sentence of 30 years, when the jury recommended a 65-year sentence for 24-year-old Christopher Thompson. Thompson was found guilty by a jury in ...

A Texas judge had a few choice words for a teenage defendant convicted of a violent convenience store robbery in which a worker was assaulted. Caden Fontenette, 18, was sentenced to 25 years in prison ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Sara Bennett, a criminal-defense lawyer turned photographer, is shedding a light on the humanity of ...

In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster found itself in hot water recently after weighing in on an age-old grammatical debate. In an Instagram post, Merriam-Webster said it is "permissible" for people ...

Commas don't just signify pauses in a sentence — precise rules govern when to use this punctuation mark. Commas are needed before coordinating conjunctions, after dependent clauses (when they precede ...