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Nicole Virzi maintains that child slipped out of bouncer and hit his head. Doctors told police her version of events don’t add up

Ph.D. student in Pennsylvania faces charges for killing a newborn baby and abusing the infant's twin brother. Legal proceedings unfold in a tragic case rai...

The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.

Wrongfully convicted men that Trump attacked in the 1980s took the stage at the DNC to back Kamala Harris

Despite expected resentencing, Marcellus Williams will continue campaign to prove innocence

South Carolina prosecutors seek death penalty for James Drayton in fatal shooting case. Drayton faces charges for killing five individuals in Inman.

The outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9 has continued, with the protesters demanding death penalty for the accused and passing of the Central Protection Act, 2022, to provide protection to health workers and hospitals.  

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

The Congolese government in March had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty that was in place since 2003.

The Defense Secretary's decision to reinstate the death penalty for 9/11 accused sparks debate and legal challenges, highlighting complex emotions and chal...

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others