Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, has asked an appeals court to overturn his 15-year sentence, arguing a San ...

A convict who walked away from a Barrio Logan halfway house last week was captured Tuesday, authorities reported.

Charles Thomas Boyd Defreitas admitted possessing videos and images on a laptop, cellphone and four USB thumb drives that ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is going to prison for taking bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt.

A man accused of acting as a cartel enforcer who admitted to ordering the killing of a Tijuana police officer and dozens of ...

Silentó, known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the 2021 shooting death of his cousin.

Criminal justice advocates and public defenders have criticized Prop. 36, which reversed part of a voter-approved 2014 crime ...

God’s message didn’t immediately make sense to pastor José Luis Orozco. But when U.S. efforts resulted in his release from a ...

The federal judge presiding over the case against five former Memphis officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols recused himself Friday, just days before he was ...

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.

Learn more about the latest developments in the case of Matthew Perry, who died of a ketamine overdose in 2023.