Anders Behring Breivik — who killed 77 and injured 242 others — is sentenced to 21 years max and maybe only 10 years.

He admitted the murders and claimed he was sane. The court — in Norway — found him. But the sentence — for all of that — is 10 to 21 years ....

"[O]ur Eighth Amend­ment cases are no longer tied to any objective indicia of society’s standards."

"Our Eighth Amendment case law is now entirely inward looking," writes Justice Alito, dissenting today in Miller v. Alabama — PDF...

"Handless man throws volleyball-size rock through KFC window...:

"The 46-year-old also allegedly chucked a brick through KFC’s drive-through window..." ADDED: An element of this mystery — why did...

"This is Obama chortling with Jimmy Fallon about lower-class people."

"Do we believe, even for a second... that if Obama had been busted for marijuana, under the laws that he condones, would his life have ...

"In the two months since he was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Dharun Ravi has gone from being a symbol of antigay bias..."

"... to being something of a folk hero, with rallies of his supporters urging the court to 'free Dharun.'" The link goes t...

It's just an analogy: The EPA's approach to enforcement is like the way the Romans used crucifixion.

"EPA’s 'philosophy of enforcement,' said EPA’s Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz, is 'kind of like how the Romans used ...

"I believe in working with the hearts of people, and not locking them up."

Says Pat Robertson , advocating the legalization of marijuana. "I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage al...

Wisconsin man faces 50 years in prison and a $90,000 fine on charges of forging signatures on recall petitions.

See, this is what you call the deterrent effect . Why not the death penalty? Surely, the threat of execution would keep these cheating conn...

"The cat is a living human animal and doesn't deserve to be basically murdered...."

So said Circuit Judge David Hansher, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . The cat is a living human animal!? Anyway, the judge sen...

"Hundreds of New Yorkers who have been caught with small amounts of marijuana, or who have simply admitted to using it, have become ensnared in civil child neglect cases in recent years..."

"... though they did not face even the least of criminal charges, according to city records and defense lawyers. A small number of pare...

"A Mendocino County woman who transformed her home into a bear bohemia with wading pools and specially prepared banquets..."

"... of corn meal and peanut butter sandwiches will not do jail time for doting on her hairy friends, but she will remain exiled from h...

"He made a big mistake, but really somewhere in his heart he (is) funny, lovable, caring and a great father."

"Everybody in my family ... is giving him a second chance... Will you?" Said the 11-year old boy whose father tortured him: He ri...

Anders Behring Breivik says "the rest of the world doesn’t understand his point of view, but in 60 years time, they’ll understand him."

"He believes that he is in a war and in a war you can do things like that... He has a view of reality that is very difficult to explain...

Is it unconstitutional to impose a 5-year sentence on a 19-year-old for distributing child pornography?

Judge Weinstein's 400-page opinion says it's too long.

"State retribution for tiny thefts, such as stealing a potato, even by a child, would include being tied up and thrown into a pond..."

"... parents were forced to bury their children alive or were doused in excrement and urine, others were set alight, or had a nose or e...

"I kind of see myself as a man of God and being like Joseph."

"In a sense, I feel like a bear, coming out of hibernation. Like, they come out to eat, mine would be coming out to enjoy what I have m...

"I don’t see Judge Weinstein as a judge."

"I see him as my father. He helps people. He doesn’t destroy lives the way the prosecutor has. He’s the one who is going to set me free...

The Supreme Court's new federalism decision.

United States v. Comstock , today's Supreme Court case upholding the federal civil-commitment statute , deals only with the question whe...

Constitutionally, death is different... youth is different.

(Also posted at Instapundit.) WITHOUT MURDER, it's cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to life in prison without parole...

"Architect Clive Wille, 56, shouted 'Die, you bitch' as he tried to suffocate third wife and former secretary Susan Wille, 38, on their marital bed."

But Susan still wants to be friends with him. The judges said: "Nevertheless I am of the view only a significant sentence can be justi...