In response, in 1794, the Pennsylvania legislature abolished capital punishment for all crimes except murder ... but said that other types of torture such as “drawing and quartering, embowelling ...

Punishments have existed for a while ... t sound bad but are actually terrifying. Turns out not all of them are used for ...

This was a key attitude behind capital and corporal punishment from the 16th to the 19th centuries and led to different punishments for different types of crime. All punishments gave retribution ...

Fines were a common punishment for petty crimes - minor crimes which were not considered to be serious when compared to other types of crime. The table below shows where the money went from fines ...

Arizona Republican lawmakers want to strengthen punishments for those convicted of child sex trafficking. A House resolution introduced by Rep. Selina Bliss, R-Prescott, and sponsored by all ...

These changes include the creation of new felony theft and drug crimes, removing the provision that allows certain sentences to be served in county jail and aligning the punishment for crimes ...