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Ricardo Blanco - nicknamed The Mad Spaniard - split his victim's jaw in two and slice his ear.

A judge has denied a family’s attempt to sue Lebanon on allegations that the country’s security agency kidnapped and tortured their family member before he died in the U.S. The family’s lawsuit filed last year against Iran says Amer Fakhoury developed lymphoma and other serious medical issues while imprisoned during…

Joe Nathan James appeared to have suffered for hours as prison officials tried to establish an IV for lethal injection.

Activists have long called for shutting down Rikers Island prison, where disgraced neurologist was found dead

Speaking out at his son’s funeral on Monday, Leo O’Connor called for no revenge attacks over the brutal killing of his son in a cell earlier this month

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

WNBA star Brittney Griner appealed her nine-year prison sentence imposed by a Moscow court as the US and Russia pursue talks on a possible exchange involving her and another jailed American.

The WikiLeaks founder is being held in London’s Belmarsh prison as he fights extradition to the US.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday that prison authorities had thrown him into a punishment cell for a minor rules infraction after he tried to encourage fellow inmates to form a trade union.

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao formally rejected a plea offer in court Monday morning that would have allowed them to avoid a state trial and additional prison time from the federal civil rights sentence they received in George Floyd's killing.