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

Gov. Roy Cooper announced that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other ...

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.

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

Signed into law in 2019 by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act seeks reduced sentences for those who have suffered physical, sexual or psychological abuse by a ...

The jury returned their sentencing decision on January 2. In accordance with Alabama law updated in 2018 ... of four counts of capital murder following a trial beginning December 2.

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

A murder mystery ... as, The Sentence does, and doesn’t want to take itself too seriously. Surprisingly for all the questions it raises about politics, justice, the law and the morality of ...