The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that municipalities may not subject defendants to sentences that are harsher under their own ordinances than for identical offenses under state law.In the ...

The decision looked at two municipal court cases where the defendants faced higher maximum penalties compared to the state ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has vacated and reversed the 2022 murder conviction and sentence of Kayla Giles, finding fault with the instructions given to the jury surrounding the state's "stand your ...

The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 2023 capital sentencing law, rejecting constitutional challenges in two death ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI)– The teenager facing gun-related charges in connection to a shooting at an illegal party in National City that left a 12-year-old boy dead appeared in court for what was supposed ...

A San Diego Superior Court judge is set to hear arguments today on whether Charles "Andy" Williams, the former Santana High ...

A Kebbi State High Court, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, has sentenced three men to death for armed robbery and criminal conspiracy. The convicts, Abdul ...

The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed a Lincoln man’s life sentence for killing his 18-year-old neighbor, rejecting the argument it was an excessive sentence given his lack of criminal record.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The Bolivian Supreme Court of Justice on Wednesday annulled the 10-year prison sentence against former interim President Jeanine Áñez, ordering her immediate release. The court also ...

A Pakistani court has convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, sentencing them to 17 years in prison.