Rick Eugene Hawley, 60, was sentenced to 50 years to life for sex crimes against three minor males in Lancaster.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its ...

El Salvador's Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to allow for ​life sentences for charges including ...

Under the proposal, a person would only commit first-degree extreme indifference murder if they kill a child, an emergency responder or victimize multiple people.

A man who killed his upstairs neighbor in Lowell in 2006 will be released from prison after serving nearly 20 years of his life sentence.

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

Some hate political blogger D.J. Byrnes’ confrontational ways. Others say he reports what others won't. One thing is clear: He is difficult to ignore.

Kyoukius Washington, the victim's mother, said she was grateful for some accountability, but the day brought no relief.

Marthell N. Dean, who was convicted of shooting Officer Brian Gibson in 2019, is seeking an early release from prison under a controversial D.C. law.

Fetty Wap is reintroducing himself. The Grammy-nominated rapper has announced the release date of his comeback album 'Zavier.' ...

WELL, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, CHRISTOPHER SEGERSTRÖM DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES LAST FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH AT THE OUACHITA RIVER CORRECTIONAL UNIT IN MALVERN.

A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum ...