In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 […] ...

Charles “Sonny” Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though ...

James M. Heaps was sentenced to 11 years in prison in April 2023. A note from the jury to the judge during deliberations was never disclosed, and an appeals court said the case must be retried.

James Melady testified during his trial and said he was performing a medical exam when he touched a woman's genitals.

Charles "Sonny" Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though Burton did not fire the gun or witness the killing.

A judge on Monday sentenced the illegal immigrant who killed Sarah Root in a high-speed crash 10 years ago to more than 20 ...

A Florida woman was escorted out of court due to an unruly outburst while she was being sentenced for the murder of her ...

A federal judge granted a reprieve Wednesday in the sentencing of a former Rohnert Park police officer who a jury convicted six months ago in a scheme to steal cannabis and cash from drivers while ...

An addiction counselor who got drunk on the Fourth of July two years ago and plowed into a family park party in Manhattan, killing four, was given 24 years in prison Friday — and heard the heartbroken ...

Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the worst bribery and corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, must serve the remainder of his 15-year prison ...

Reno High Principal Michael Nakashima sat in the front row of Judge Barry Breslow's courtroom for more than five hours on Monday. The usually outgoing principal kept a low profile as he watched the ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court heard arguments Monday about the sentencing of democracy advocate and onetime-media magnate Jimmy Lai, whose conviction under a national security law could land him ...