As South Carolina plans to carry our the first firing squad execution in 15 years in the United States, Professor Deborah ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Research shows that imposing longer sentences harms inmates and society. There are less expensive − and more effective − ways ...

The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced in Washington to life in prison for helping his father run one of ...

Two illegal immigrants arrested in Butler County have been convicted on federal charges related to immigration and firearm crimes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of ...

Two of the 170 migrants authorities recently held for two weeks at the Guantanamo Bay naval base described the conditions in ...

A top leader of Mexico's violent Jalisco New Generation cartel was sentenced to life in US prison Friday for his bloody role ...

A federal grand jury indicted a former paralegal back on Tuesday. Crystal Whitaker, 44, is charged with wire fraud, tax ...

Depriving imprisoned veterans of mental health care is not only unwise, it also fails to recognize the sacrifices they made ...

John Huckabey of Potsdam was sentenced to 170 months, or just over 14 years, in prison for the receipt and distribution of ...