OLYMPIA — Incorrect language on a court sentencing form improperly shaved off community supervision and treatment time for at least 73 Washington state sex offenders participating in a special program ...

TWO weeks ago, I started a series on sentence errors. Let’s take a look at the corrections of the exercises I shared then. Take out your note and compare the answers, and feel free to email me if ...

Nebraska's corrections department is reviewing 2,000 prisoner sentences for accuracy after discovering that some inmates received credit they shouldn't have.Video: 2,000 sentences to be reviewed by ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court has requested a circuit court correct a "clerical error" that stated a Pine Bluff juvenile had been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 2018 kidnapping and ...

DENVER (AP/CBS4) - Hundreds of Colorado criminals were apparently given erroneous prison sentences, and judges and corrections officials across the state are scrambling to keep them from getting out ...

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has ordered an independent investigation after six prisoners had to be “released immediately” from custody after errors in calculating their sentences were discovered.

WRITING is a thing. It demands precision and attention to details for you to get it right. Many people hold back from writing because they feel that they always make mistakes in connection with ...

Instead of a sentence in state prison, offenders in the program get a suspended sentence along with a mix of county jail time, treatment and community supervision. That can include visits with ...