Representatives for the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys told legislators Tuesday that state laws don’t adequately deter criminal suspects from breaking law after they’ve already been ...

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a pivotal case as prosecutors appeal to reinstate Leander Bissell's murder conviction in the death of Firefighter Johnny Tetrick.

Statewide data, however, suggest that most people don’t follow through. According to the Paper Prisons Initiative, a legal research group, an estimated 2.2 million people in Illinois were eligible for ...

A federal judge in Mobile has set a sentencing date for May 7 for three defendants convicted last month in a drug-and-gun ...

The Austrian company that built the Orlando Free Fall ride, where a 14-year-old boy fell to his death, has sold a similar drop tower to a Texas theme park.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Tuesday that a judge has granted default judgment against roofing company Lexington Blue.

A bill that would bar the practice of jailing people who can’t afford to pay sobriety program fees sailed through a South ...

Two women facing charges in the child abuse death of 11-year-old A’kyri Bell last year will have to wait a bit longer for ...

The defense started building a case Tuesday as they try to convince a judge that Austin Thompson deserves a shot at parole.

Public criticism continues after a Jefferson County judge cuts a violent offender’s sentence to less than half.

A 46-year-old man arrested by ICE agents from the Department of Homeland Security after a chase in Sioux City last week faced a federal judge for the first time Tuesday morning. Raul Torres Olivares ...

More than three years after his conviction, lawyers for Alex Murdaugh will continue to plead for his release and for a new ...