A woman who says she endured cruel and unusual punishment in a Nova Scotia prison has settled a civil lawsuit she filed ...

Brittany Martin, a South Carolina woman who participated in a non-violent Black Lives Matter protest, was sentenced to four ...

The attorney defending Richardson Dangleben Jr. is arguing that the U.S. Attorney’s notice that the office intends to seek the death penalty “should be struck as cruel and unusual,” but ...

Letter-writer Duncan DeMarsh’s call to “let the market decide” (July 12) the value of NPR and PBS misses the broader purpose ...

Devin Williams' wild pitch with two outs in the eighth scored the go-ahead run. Aaron Judge's two-run shot in the top of the ...

Justin Rose, 45, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 4, 1996, for robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy ...

Every day, Krystal Clark struggles to breathe. The 54-year-old incarcerated woman believes mold at Michigan’s only women’s ...

From the emergence of Skid Row to the housing crisis after World War II, a look at the major events and policies that made and defined Los Angeles’ homeless crisis.

Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for ...

The prison staffing crisis in the US has led to dangerous conditions for correctional officers, reduced rehabilitation ...

The new law makes assassination attempts on heads of state—including the president, vice president, any state governor, or ...

Mike: Those who whine and complain simply because they don’t like the president need to get a grip and reflect on our good ...