There have been recent high-profile claims suggesting genetics and neuroscience are set to radically change the way we think about crime and punishment. Author Sam Harris, for example, argues that ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By I. Beverly Lake Jr. Henry McCollum sits as applause rings out in a Robeson County ...

JURIST Senior Editor Elizabeth Imbarlina, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, argues that the US Supreme Court’s reasoning in Miller v. Alabama can be extended to abolish life in ...

Senior Counsel Andrew Pilgrim said Roach’s level of culpability was low as a result of his diminished responsibility, while State Counsel Paul Prescod countered the level was high, despite the State ...

Conviction for even a very serious crime does not extinguish a child offender’s claim to just treatment at the hands of the state, nor does it free the state to ignore the offender’s fundamental ...

In Miller v. Alabama, the United States Supreme Court, announced a legal principle that social science, neuroscience and common sense had long recognized: juveniles have “diminished culpability and ...

IN recent times, there has been an increase in discussions around mental health and mental illness. Significant public interest and concerns have raised questions in relation to how these topics ...