Under a board of trustees, the Oklahoma County jail became one of the deadliest in the country. Here's an inside look at the ...

David Dennis Sr and his son have written a compelling and vitally human tale of the fight for justice and the toll it took ...

Michigan has the highest number of juvenile lifers in the country. Advocates are pushing for laws that would ban sentencing ...

In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors ...

Around 1,100 of the 1,709 Wisconsinites in prison for crimes they committed as youth were convicted of offenses they committed when they were 17 years old, the report found, using data it obtained ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a measure making child rape subject to the death penalty, defying a United States ...

The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and conspiring to use force to keep Donald Trump in power ...

A three-judge panel on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map, ruling that opponents of the ...

Nevada is considering several bills protecting transgender rights. But Gov. Joe Lombardo hasn’t indicated whether or not he ...

Spain's Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new ...

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a ...

GOP-held Texas state House sets Saturday afternoon vote on impeachment of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.