Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man who was serving a life sentence for a 2012 fatal shooting has been exonerated after video evidence proved he was not at the ...

A hearing to consider a plea from Holden Matthews to reconsider his sentence has been delayed. Matthews, the arsonist who admitted to burning down three historically Black churches in St. Landry ...

For just the second time, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has used her powers to order the commutation of a prisoner’s death sentence.

The rap mogul’s 50-month sentence for Mann Act violations has been reduced as he nears the two-year mark of his ongoing incarceration.

Carl Mollett was re-sentenced Monday to more than 50 years in prison for shooting at law enforcement officers during a standoff in Lima in 2023. LIMA — A 52-year prison sentence has been reaffirmed ...