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 ...

In early 2005, Emily Owens was halfway through her Ph.D. thesis in economics at the University of Maryland. Her topic: the deterrence effect of long prison sentences. She had just received data from ...

Our brains are wired to detect and process grammatical errors automatically without us even realising it, according to research from the University of Oregon. Previous studies concluded that our ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Eight years was added to man’s prison sentence by error, but now it has been corrected after we called attention to it. WREG’s investigator Jessica Gertler has been working to get ...

Criminal law - Application for leave to appeal - Sentencing - Principles to be applied - Accused sentenced to five years in respect of child pornography - Whether trial judge erred in sentences ...

In the business world, effective communication is paramount. However, even seasoned professionals can fall prey to common sentence errors that undermine their message and credibility. In this article, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER—Hundreds of Colorado criminals were apparently given erroneous prison sentences, and judges and corrections officials across the state are scrambling ...

Grammatical pronouns are significantly more impaired in speech than lexical ones. Grammatical elements contain secondary information that speakers with limited cognitive resources can omit from their ...

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 ...

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 ...