A Dadeville jury sentences Derek Hightower of Columbus, Georgia, to death for the brutal murders of Willie and Barbara ...

In an unusual move, two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted by President Joe ...

A court in China has sentenced a teen boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate, capping a case that sparked debate ...

There was a new district attorney in town, Jose Garza, whose office offered them a deal: plead guilty to a reduced charge of murder, avoid a possible death sentence and serve just 35 years.

The high court also noted that the trial court’s verdict ignored crucial legal frameworks and relied on inconsistencies in the timeline of the murder to justify the reduced sentence. Justice ...

MANKATO — A "series of escalating events," as a judge described it, led to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Mankato in February and a prison sentence for the 18-year-old defendant.

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

Two prisoners who are among the 37 federal inmates whose death sentences were commuted last month by President Joe Biden have taken an unusual stance.

The group who are now incarcerated with life sentences includes a gang leader, a kidnapper, and a bank robber all convicted of murder in either North or South Carolina. The family of bank teller ...