The "SJC's emerging adult" decision has the potential to lighten more than 100 life sentences for convicted murderers in ...

Baltimore prosecutors have announced their decision to withdraw a motion to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction even as ...

Carlo Telechea, 28, pleaded guilty in April 2023 to the aggravated assault of Sgt. Anil Singh, and to disarming a peace ...

Immigrants can be deported if they are convicted of a crime with a maximum sentence of one year. This bill could protect them in RI.

The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the ...

An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex ...

The sentencing of Julian David Saldana has raised questions about why he received only nine months in jail despite originally ...

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial Tuesday for Richard Glossip, scrapping his conviction and death sentence in an Oklahoma ...

A proposed bill aims to give individuals serving lengthy prison sentences an opportunity to reduce their sentence.

The Supreme Court has tossed out the murder conviction and death sentence of Oklahoma's Richard Glossip, ordering a new trial.

California lawmakers in the State Senate on Tuesday began the process of figuring out how to fund and fully implement ...

Criminals caught with gadgets - including signal jammers - used to steal keyless cars could face up to five years in prison ...