When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

British law student Mia O'Brien, aged 23, is preparing to appeal a 25-year prison sentence handed down by a Dubai court after ...

Gauthier, 22 at the time and the single mom of two young girls, had been stabbed. Her killer, Gary Losch, 69, was convicted ...

There is no minimum sentence for manslaughter under the law, except when a firearm is used, in which case it is four years in ...

Lighter sentences handed down to nine Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe for using drugs is eliciting uproar, fuelled by ...