COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prisoner serving a life sentence for murder orchestrated killing a man he thought robbed a drug runner for a methamphetamine ring the inmate was running from ...

The second of two teens who broke into McKinley Elementary School in 2012 in an attempt to steal laptop computers received a deferred sentence Friday in Yellowstone County District Court. Tad Vincent ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As a young man on the streets of Homewood, Robby Wideman was bound for trouble. At just 24, he got involved in a robbery gone wrong. Things went south when his accomplice shot and ...

WASHINGTON — QUESTION: What is the maximum sentencing for each count in the Derek Chauvin trial, and who makes the final decision? ANSWER: Judge Cahill will make the final decision on sentencing, ...

North Carolina's highest court says an earlier ruling that determined a teenager's life sentence for second-degree burglary, while severe, is not cruel or unusual punishment should be left intact.The ...

A three-time convicted killer on Nevada’s death row for nearly four decades in a case that marked a cornerstone of state criminal procedure had his sentence overturned for the second time. In a 4-2 ...

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