Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who ...

A woman who was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for masterminding the killing of her husband — a prominent hairdresser — at the home they shared with their two ...

Starting in the late 1990s and 2000s, Wisconsin’s “truth-in-sentencing” law, which requires people convicted of crimes to serve their full prison sentences with longer paroles, resulted in both a ...

A man who was serving a 57-year state prison term for killing a rival in the Antelope Valley and has been featured in two ...

Prisoners kept in overcrowded jail cells in England and Wales are nearly 20% more likely to be involved in assaults, new research suggests. The Ministry of Justice published analysis to better ...

An east Belfast man who sent threatening online messages to the deputy first minister and smashed the windows of a party ...

Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has had his bid to be freed from jail rejected. The Parole Board revealed it had made the decision not to release Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, ...

There are several North East burglars that every home and business owner should know about. The nine cowardly criminals ...

One year ago, Florida killer Wade Wilson, who shares his name with the alter ego of the Marvel character Deadpool, was convicted of the gruesome murders of two Cape Coral women.

Lawyers for imprisoned R&B superstar R. Kelly claim they have uncovered evidence of government wrongdoing and that the ...

Serial killer Richard Ramirez died 12 years ago13. Here's everything to know about how Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the so-called ...

A drug dealer who killed a young man in Devon is back behind bars after a dramatic arrest in Plymouth. Career criminal Shaun ...