A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set ...

Chesterton High School senior Karalena Heredia had a memorable 18th birthday Tuesday, serving as a student bailiff for a ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states during the remainder of 2025 ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid ...

The statement notes that the criminal case against Gordon Black has been forwarded to the Ninth General Jurisdiction Court of ...

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a federal court to consider whether an Oklahoma woman named Brenda Andrew should ...

A Louisiana woman accused of getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her daughter to end a pregnancy has pleaded not guilty to a felony.

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

A former county teacher who had once taught at Mt. Vernon and New Palestine schools was sentenced for providing a student with drugs and alcohol but will serve no time in jail following the acceptance ...

A California man was sentenced to 6½ years in prison Tuesday for his role in ongoing “government impostor” gold-bar scams ...

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and National Women's Justice Coalition report on creating a criminal justice system which works for women.