An Albany woman pleaded guilty Monday to lacing copy paper and business envelopes with synthetic marijuana and sending the ...

The family of an 11-year-old Chicago boy murdered last year by his mother’s ex-boyfriend the day after he was released from ...

A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...

Two inmates at Heritage Trails Correctional Facility in Plainfield are facing felony charges after a prison attack resulted ...

Connecticut's current five-year wait for incarcerated people to apply for sentence reductions would change to two years under ...

Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a ...

The Georgia House of Representatives returned to the State Capitol following a fast-paced and eventful Crossover Day last ...

Scott Peterson was attacked in prison by fellow California murderer Charles Miles, corrections officials said. Peterson was ...

A Wilkes-Barre man serving a state prison sentence for trafficking fentanyl and heroin from a motel in Plains Township pled ...

Two inmates are being charged with felonies after a prison attack led to another inmate dying from a brain injury. Julius ...

A court in Louisiana ruled Jessie Hoffman can be put to death Tuesday using nitrogen hypoxia - deprivation of oxygen causing suffocation.

Since 1978, when capital punishment was approved by the state Legislature after having been dormant since a state Supreme ...