Prison sentences of less than a year will be scrapped for most criminals under government plans to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Alex Chalk, the Justice Secretary, announced on Monday there will be a new legal presumption that offenders facing jail sentences of under 12 months will instead be “punished” in the community by doing unpaid work such as “cleaning …
The women’s NCAA Tournament field is set and now the fun begins with 68 teams vying for the national championship and cutting down the nets in Dallas. There’s a new format to March Madness, with two regionals in Seattle and Greenville, South Carolina, instead of the usual four. And now the picks: GREENVILLE REGION 1 Analysis: South Carolina won’t have …
In prognostication and sports betting, the term chalk comes up somewhat frequently. Those favorites would have more smeared chalk after all the odds updates, thus heavy favorites became known as chalk. An 8-9 or 7-10 first-round game in the NCAA Tournament wouldn’t really have one side that would be considered chalk, but any top four seed in the first round …
