Convicted criminals won’t be able to use references from family and friends to get more lenient sentences in NSW, but more widespread change could be hard.

New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted ...

Sean Grayson, the Illinois deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the Sonya Massey shooting, was sentenced to 20 years ...

SPRINGFIELD — The former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy convicted of fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black ...

The former sheriff's deputy was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a mother of two, in the face after she called 911.

Paul Gentile Smith, found guilty in the stabbing death of a childhood friend, was allowed to plead guilty to manslaughter ...

Actress Melissa Gilbert sent an emotional letter to the judge defending her husband, Timothy Busfield, who is facing child sex abuse allegations. Trump orders release of Arkansas congressman's son ...

A disgraced former Presbyterian minister caught with indecent images of children tried to have his identity withheld from publication, with the ...

The family and friends of the murder victim, who filled up half the courtroom, were present from the start of the trial to ...

"He admonished, praised, loved, consoled, cajoled, fretted, cared for and fed my son, Gilbert said of her husband, who is facing child sex abuse charges Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at ...

Timothy Busfield‘s mother-in-law, Barbara Cowan, defended his character while comparing him to her "real son" as he faces allegations of child sex abuse. "I could not love and respect him more if I ...

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Brown also determined the county would have to report anytime it refused to issue a retiring ...