New DUI (Driving Under the Influence) Laws in Effect in Pennsylvania Previously, Pennsylvania was one of only four states in the country that did not consider multiple DUIs as felonies. Those who drive under the influence are now subject to felony charges. If, on their third DUI conviction, they are found to have driven with…

Connecticut last executed a prisoner in 2005 and abolished the death penalty as a sentencing option in 2012. But roughly a dozen inmates remained on Connecticut’s death row because they had committed capital crimes before the death penalty was abolished. That changed Thursday, when the state’s top court held the death penalty to be unconstitutional…