The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

What was the final word from the Palm Beach County State Attorney's office on whether Mark Herman's record could be wiped ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A man who admitted to shoplifting from multiple stores in Wichita was sentenced to prison Tuesday by ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A Wichita man has been sentenced to almost two years in prison for several shoplifting ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom set a hearing date for brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez that will determine the status of a clemency application.

The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the ...

A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.

A 21-year-old woman who drowned her baby in a Bloomington hotel bathtub before throwing his body in a dumpster has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison. Esperanza Harding has been sentenced to 32 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move ...

Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Ivey said Myers, who was facing ...

Across the U.S., tough-on-crime policies are surging again, despite research showing they do little to reduce crime, particularly violent offenses. Before the early 1990s, people who were ...