Texas law bans nearly all abortions and threatens abortion providers with up to life in prison and $100,000 fines. New York law, on the other hand, protects abortion providers, including those who ...

Lopez, 30 of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico with ties to a Mexican cartel has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a ...

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

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When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana, not now, not ever,” Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

Arthur Schmidt didn’t turn to face the family of Lauren Thompson as he was led in handcuffs out of the courtroom. “I want you ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently sent a letter asking for IRS agents to be deputized for immigration enforcement as well. They would dig in to human trafficking networks, ...

The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s ...

A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple's toddler was put to death Thursday in the state's first execution of the year.

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...