A state district judge issued an order Thursday permanently barring landowners on the Pecos from building fences or posting ...

"It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when somebody is shot and killed—if we don't move that 48 hours," Miranda Viscoli ...

"No, there's not a mechanism. And, the reason is, because cases get dismissed for a number of reasons.," Judge Michelle ...

A Maryland judge formally sentenced Adnan Syed on Friday to the time he’s already served in prison, appearing to finally ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction ...

Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death. James Osgood will be executed by lethal injection on April 24. Gov. Kay Ivey announced ...

A panel from North Carolina’s intermediate-level appeals court will hear arguments next week about a still-unsettled November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The Court of Appeals set ...

Sen. Joe Cervantes said the state must do something to try to address the problems at the child welfare agency.