When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s. In ...

An antiabortion demonstrator holds a sign reading “Love Them Both” outside the Supreme Court on May 11 in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg News) Analysis by Philip Bump Both capital punishment ...

There are 19 school districts in Florida that still use corporal punishment as a means of disciplining students. That is 19 too many. Let us be clear about this: “Corporal punishment,” “whipping,” ...

The Taliban will bring back executions and the amputation of hands as a form of punishment. The group's former justice minister told the Associated Press the actions are "necessary." During the ...

A man who finished in last place in his fantasy football league had to serve out his punishment in a Mississippi Waffle House for 24 hours. Under the terms of his punishment, Lee Sanderlin, 25, a ...

In the wake of the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar and the ensuing government crackdown on anti-coup protests, which has grown steadily more deadly, with more than 700 killed by the military so far, supporters ...

After several years of failed attempts, a state lawmaker is once again trying to outlaw paddling and other forms of corporal punishment in Kentucky schools. State Rep. Steve Riley, R-Glasgow, filed ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – George Gainer professes to be something of an expert in the matter of corporal punishment. "I got my butt beat about every 15 minutes coming up," he said. Gainer was raised ...

She could have -- make that should have -- been a breakout star in an Olympics desperate for any kind of positive jolt. Sha'Carri Richardson has the look and she has the goods, and it wasn't out of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New research published by the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice found substantial racial disparities in criminal convictions over the ...

Fans and critics debated on social media the COVID-19 suspension Brown received over Rodgers fine. Critics say, the NFL has a bad history on race especially with suspending Brown and not Rodgers.