Advocates want the legislature to pass measures repealing mandatory minimum sentences and letting judges reconsider long prison terms before the session ends in June.

Court documents show that after dating online for some time, 23-year-old Latifah Wotali visited her boyfriend at Gganda Jembe ...

Convicted bank robber Jonathan Lanaute was handed a 12-year sentence for a robbery and high-speed chase in Baton Rouge in May ...

The Supreme Court is deciding whether innocent victims of police raiding the incorrect house can sue federal law enforcement ...

Before his sentence was handed down, Dr. Zvi Levran, who pleaded no contest in March to 28 counts, apologized for his actions ...

It only took minutes for the FBI to realize it had raided the wrong home. But in that time, masked federal agents smashed ...

The accolades rolling in upon Sen. Dick Durbin’s retirement are well earned. An often overlooked but central contribution is ...

SEREMBAN: Four individuals, including a woman, were ordered to serve 10 years in jail after they pleaded guilty to a charge ...

Ryan's birthday this week is the anniversary of his arrest - and should have been the anniversary of his release from prison ...

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

The barrister of a kidnapping kingpin that captured his brother-in-law because he disputed his marriage to his sister should ...

Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen blames outdated system, lack of training for mix-up, but some aren’t buying his reasons for error.