WASHINGTON, DC – When President Donald Trump became the 47th president in January, he started a new legal battle over ...

Records show an arrested Lubbock State Supported Living Center employee is accused of breaking the jaw of a 36-year-old resident who died days later.

A St. Tammany Parish judge has scheduled a condemned killer to be executed March 18, the day after another man convicted for a separate murder will be put to death.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that the federal government has agreed to transfer a convicted murderer to Oklahoma to be executed.

Tamil Nadu government amends prison rules to deny premature release for sexual offenders, sparking debate on justice and reform.

A Florida man convicted of murdering a couple during a fishing trip while the couple's toddler looked on is scheduled to ...

Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

The move towards these alternatives signifies a shift towards reformative justice, though the new laws largely retain the punitive character of the criminal justice system. These alternatives aim to ...

Elizabeth Holmes may be guilty of running a fraudulent company; however, her business ethics have nothing to do with ...

Jurors in Waco’s 54th State District Court deliberated about six hours before deciding punishment for Michelle Antoinette ...