The case arose from an April 19, 2005, incident in which the accused, Firoz Khan Akbarkhan, and two others fatally stabbed ...

The sentencing reform measure allows for treatment instead of jail, but counties are short on resources. The Legislature must ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson issued an order Tuesday afternoon cancelling the planned release of convicted killer Timothy ...

Bonney Lake Mayor Terry Carter has sent a letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson to consider reversing the parole decision for Timothy ...

James was renting a room in Dick's home in Casselberry when he committed the crimes that led to his death sentence. He was convicted of strangling and raping Dick's 8-year-old granddaughter, Toni ...

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with federal prosecutors who moved to tack extra prison time onto the sentence of a ...

Faith Omollo urges Kenyans to be cautious when travelling abroad after a friend planted drugs in her bag, leading to her wrongful death sentence in Malaysia.

California allows sentence reviews for military veterans ... Craig Fishbein, R-Wallingford, said he opposed the proposal. He told CT Mirror in an email that it was difficult to be convicted ...

Andrew Cuomo is resurgent, and Rahm Emanuel is considering a presidential run. Are these the tough guys Democrats need?

After several back and forth amendments on budget adjustments, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously ...

as 19 editors supported “a moratorium of some length” while only four were opposed. “All discussion about editing, removing, or replacing (the sentence) should end immediately and not be ...

Former Sen. Alan Simpson was a political moderate by current standards. His three terms as senator from 1979 to 1997 covered ...