A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and ...

Cedric Allen Ricks was executed in Texas, while Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton received a rare commutation.

A North Texas man faces execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 killings of ...

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. If President Donald Trump gets his way, Colorado’s all-mail voting system will be a thing of the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – NM State opened its road series at Sam Houston with a late‑inning surge, stacking runs in the middle frames to pull away in a decisive series‑opening win. After trailing 1–0 ...

A correctional officer for a federal prison in Texas has been sentenced to 10 years' confinement for smuggling multiple drugs, including meth, into the facility.

Latransezon Malloy, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder at Donaldson prison, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. MPD is working with the Madison County District ...

Humberto Martinez pleaded guilty to capital murder on March 4 in the strangling death of Hope Raley. Martinez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The trial was closely watched beyond the courtroom as some legal experts and critics called it a test of the lengths the government can go to punish protesters.

Nine defendants were on trial on charges related to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in North Texas.

A former correctional officer in Beaumont was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling methamphetamine into a federal facility.