A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering a female bartender and ordered a new trial, saying prosecutors erred in showing jurors knives not used in the crime that the man owned. The 4-3 ruling sends the case of defendant Joseph Thomas back to Lake County […]

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a black man scheduled to die on Tuesday in Georgia after his lawyers argued that his conviction was tainted by a juror with racist views. Keith Tharpe, 59, was due to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification […]

President Donald Trump pardoned former Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday, using his first act of presidential clemency to give reprieve to a political supporter known — and criminally convicted …

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, 50, known as ‘the guru in bling’, was found guilty of raping two female devotees in 2002, a verdict which caused violent protests in Panchkula, northern India.

The father and daughter insisted the killing was self-defense, but a jury didn't see it that way.

Northumbria Police has defended its use of a convicted rapist as an informant in the investigation into an Asian sex gang claiming he helped ‘detect and prevent serious crimes’.

Just hours after ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical CEO, was convicted Friday on federal charges, he boasted about his chances of avoiding prison during a livestream video.

A 36-year-old teacher convicted of having sex with a person under the legal age of consent in California is suing the student she slept with for defamation. Tara Stumph, who is currently serving a 180 day sentence for having sex with a 16-year-old student, says that statements made by the young man hurt her reputation […]

Fred Talbot (pictured) was on trial at Lanark Sheriff Court accused of indecently assaulting nine boys during trips to Moffat, Dumfriesshire, and the Caledonian Canal in Inverness.

Winchester Crown Court heard how 34-year-old Robert Hinz killed his son Julian, who had been ‘subjected to severe violence’ and was found with injuries to his head, collar bone and ribs.