The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...

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Kent Kiehl convinced the US legal system he can find violence in prisoners’ brains. His theories have been since used by defense lawyers – with grave consequences for prisoners ...

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A videotaped statement played in a Utah court alleges Tyler Robinson told his roommate “he wishes he hadn’t done it” the day ...

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Christopher Hester is hard to find. He was 20 years old when police found him, homeless in Montgomery. He lived for the next 24 years inside Alabama’s prisons. After serving his time, he’s seemingly ...

In a packed Riverhead courtroom, a highly emotional hearing saw the victims' families, one after another, confront their loved ones' confessed killer.

Reform UK's leader is worried he risks being painted in the same light as his nemesis Boris Johnson, a source said ...

Some death row inmates have been there for decades, and appeals can go on for years. It's part of the legal process, and here ...

Dennis Sochor is set to be executed tonight at 6 p.m. after killing an 18-year-old girl in 1982 in Broward County.

President Donald Trump is set to welcome Iraq's new prime minister to the White House. Ali al-Zaidi is a businessman with no ...