US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro calls to lower the "age of accountability" after a 16-year-old's arrest for murder.

Grand jury report cites gang violence and staff shortages at Woodburn prison where 60% of those in custody are now adults.

(This) seems at first blush like an exceptionally light sentence,' judge tells Philip Kirby during sentencing for crime spree ...

Concerns about crime have been the foundation for decades of get-tough policies aimed at deterring crime. The belief is that ever-greater punishment — by hiring more police, increasing prosecution, ...