The North Carolina Post-Release and Parole Commission has denied Brett Abrams release more than 20 times since 1993, even ...

A sheriff who participated in the infamous manhunt for escaped inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat in 2015 compared it to ...

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Family members of inmates in the State Penitentiary gathered on Thursday night to share their concerns about how the recent lockdown has been handled and are asking for ...

FOLEY — A Benton County judge on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old St. Cloud man to life in prison for fatally shooting a woman outside her workplace in 2022 after she repeatedly rebuffed his advances.

Ernesto Garza, 62, from Alamo, Texas, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for extorting H-2A agricultural workers ...

As doctors refuse to provide necessary care due to abortion bans, providers feel threatened by Ron DeSantis and La. Attorney General Liz Murrill.

An Ohio pastor who authorities say used a bullhorn to incite the Jan. 6, 2021, mob at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Thursday ...

The woman died in Colusa County’s jail after she was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a CHP officer during a ...

Attorneys for Freddie Owens have disputed his conviction in the 1997 Halloween night killing of store clerk Irene Graves, ...

When Justtice Taylor began working at Smith County Jail last year, the inmates made fun of her, and her co-workers worried ...

The irony is [the recordings are] now a treasure trove of evidence that is going to be used against him,” former prosecutor Neama Rahmani said.