Justice is not served when heinous crimes are downplayed by a parole date that indicates anything BUT life behind bars, writes Kylie Lang. Justice is not served when heinous crimes are downplayed by a ...

Bourke St killer James Gargasoulas will have the chance to seek parole after 46 years in jail. So why is it that his life sentence might not actually translate into a lifetime spent behind bars? In ...

The NSW government is being urged to support mandatory life sentences for domestic violence murders committed when an ADVO or bail conditions are in place.

Reserved for the most serious and atrocious crimes, a life sentence is supposed to be the pinnacle of punishment in Australia. Replacing the death penalty, which was only officially abolished in every ...

As she faces growing public anger about the state’s law-and-order crisis, Ms Allan will on Wednesday announce a major pivot in Victoria’s approach to youth crime that will require children charged ...

Since the abolition of the death sentence in 1973, the sentence of life imprisonment has long been Australia's most severe sanction under the nation's criminal law. In some states and territories, ...

Premier Ben Carroll says if re-elected Labor will legislate a new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...

Carlos McAdory shares his inspiring journey of being sentenced to 20 life terms and nearly two decades spent fighting an illegal sentence from prison. He reveals how he transformed his life while ...

What does it mean to complete a sentence of life in prison? One prisoner claims he has done it by serving time until the moment of his death — plus another four years since — and said it is well past ...