There are 12 states with "zombie" sodomy laws, meaning that if a Supreme Court case protecting gay sex is overturned, it would become illegal again.

The legislation, known as Gittel’s Law broadens New York State’s penal code to include new categories of licensed mental ...

The court’s decision aided and abetted a cover-up of the conditions and treatment of South Carolina prisoners and death row ...

The law includes certain exceptions, allowing Estonia's Penal Code to apply to crimes committed outside the country's borders if they threaten the lives and health of Estonian residents, the ...

will not amount to stalking as prescribed under the 354-D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the provisions under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Single-judge Justice ...

Further, parents' identity and age will also have to be validated and verified through voluntarily provided identity proof "issued by an entity entrusted by law or the Government", as per the draft ...

In a hauntingly calm voice, Atul shared how his soon-to-be ex-wife was misusing Indian penal laws to harass him and his family, and how he was not able to see his four-year-old child unless he met her ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa put his name on many key laws in 2024, but there are still 18 laws are still waiting to be signed. Not all of the bills that have been signed have been welcomed—the ...

However, bills which bring big changes to the law generally do not pass overnight. Consulations, lobbying, and the long back-and-forth of voting and scrutiny means that many of Labour’s biggest ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year. Among the legislation Newsom signed into law ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of laws were passed in California in 2024, and in the coming days, many of those will start going into effect. Many of the new laws have made headlines throughout ...