A Delaware trucker described as an architect of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19 years in prison — the longest term yet given to anyone convicted in the plot.
It was the latest twist for Charles Sobhraj, depicted in a series co-produced by the BBC and Netflix called "The Serpent,'' which aired last year. He in the past admitted to killing Western tourists around Asia.
Charles Sobhraj was freed after serving most of his sentence for killing American and Canadian backpackers, and he was taken to the airport for a flight back to Paris, his attorney said.
He was ordered Wednesday to be released because of poor health, good behavior and having already served most of his sentence.
The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General released a report on Wednesday outlining how a series of mistakes by the embattled Bu…
A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine.
Chris Owens, whose mother was among those killed, told Brooks: “All I ask is you rot, and you rot slow.”
Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, received the support it needed in August to pass the Assembly 41-16 and land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. He vetoed the bill a month later, citing safety concerns.
A jury has rejected the death penalty for the shooter in the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida. He will get life in prison.
The charges against come nearly four years after Bulger’s killing, which raised questions about why the known “snitch” was placed in the general population instead of more protective housing.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed late Thursday that escaped convict Gonzalo Lopez, who is suspected to have killed five peop…
A California inmate serving a life sentence for murder confessed in a letter that he beat to death two child molesters with a cane hours after a prison counselor ignored his urgent warning that he might become violent.
A Madisonville woman will serve two life sentences without parole after pleading guilty last week to her role in the sexual assault of her dau…
Benjamin Schreiber had also argued that doctors violated his rights by failing to follow his "do not resuscitate" order when they pulled him from the brink of death.
A 28-year-old Bryan man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted by a Brazos County jury of stabbing the mother of his…
The ex-Blackwater security contractor was accused of being the first to fire shots in the 2007 massacre of 10 men, two women and two boys at a crowded traffic circle in Baghdad.
Brown, whose case drew national attention and support from celebrities including Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, was 16 when she committed the crime in what she described as an act of self-defense.
Police say the gunman legally purchased the weapon he used in the shooting that left 20 people dead and more than two dozen wounded at an El Paso Walmart.
James Byrd Jr.'s body was found in pieces along a country road in Texas in June 1998.
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a Washington County jury convicted him of continuously sexually assaulting a …
A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a case that stirred racial tensions across the country.
Cesar Sayoc sobbed as he pleaded guilty Thursday to sending a wave of pipe bombs in 2018, attacks that harmed no one but created fear as the devices turned up at locations across the country.
BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. — The sound of Pamela Smart arrives before she does.
Around town, they call him "Mr. Big," but the nickname does not square with the man stepping out of his silver BMW around 7:30 p.m. on July 26, 2015.
Illinois prosecutors say they will seek a natural life sentence for a teenager accused of fatally beating a 4-year-old after she spilled juice on his Xbox.
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