Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A high-profile crime bill backed by Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton hit a major setback this week ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Three convictions. Twenty years. No exceptions. Iowa is on the verge of one of the toughest repeat-offender laws in the country. The bill is part of a larger series of ...

The “three strikes” bill now making its way through the Iowa Legislature would create a 20-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for “habitual offenders,” even those convicted of non-violent and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A high-profile crime bill backed by Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton hit a major setback this week, failing in a key Senate committee after sharp criticism from a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The State Senate has voted down a bill that would have created a strike system for repeat violent offenders. Known as the ‘Three strike’ bill, SB 2137 would have set more ...