The one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday. In a 5-4 decision, the top court said ...

Both parties in the pending post-murder-conviction appeal of Richard "Alex" Murdaugh have now filed their final briefs. It's ...

A Berks County man linked to a multi-county gun trafficking network received a mitigated sentence after admitting to his role ...

Jane Dorotik, the Valley Center woman accused of murdering her husband in 2000, has settled a lawsuit she filed against San ...

Dahbia Benkired, an Algerian woman, was convicted of raping and killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet, in a case that outraged France and raised questions about the deportation of migrants. By Ségolène Le ...

Alberta’s superior court has ordered an Edmonton man who punched, kicked and painfully restrained his dog to report to jail ...

For his part in defrauding a fund intended to empower underprivileged farmers, former MP and Portfolio Committee on Agriculture Chairperson Rubben Mohlaloga has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Jessica Currin was found dead more than 25 years ago. Jessica Currin was found dead in the small town of Mayfield, Kentucky, in 2000, and the man serving a life sentence in the 18-year-old's brutal ...

Brazilian police say the death toll in a massive raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to 119 killed, ...

Speaking at a Dartmouth symposium on mental health, NYU professor Jonathan Haidt discussed his research on “the Great ...

James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim. By Maia ...