Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic resentenced Lyle and Erik Menendez to 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. It’s a remarkable ...

The move streamlines the potential path to freedom for the brothers who have served more than 35 years in prison since being ...

Lyle and Erik Menendez could end up before a parole board as early as next month after they were granted their first chance ...

Legal experts' weighed in following the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez after a California judge ruled that the ...

Presiding Judge Nathan Erasmus said he foresaw a possibility that new evidence may come to light during sentencing proceedings. The Joshlin Smith trial came to an end on Friday last week ...

Jeff George, a former Florida pill-mill kingpin, has been released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence. George's sentence for a 2009 felony murder conviction was reduced from 20 years ...

A McKeesport man convicted of third-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a teen asked a Washington County judge for leniency, but she instead imposed a tougher sentence after saying he showed ...

A federal judge in Boston is vigorously denying the marathon bomber’s last-ditch accusation that another magistrate must reexamine the killer’s death penalty sentencing. In a stinging rebuke ...

A teenage boy involved in a shocking ram-raid spree has failed to overturn his detention order, after a judge ruled the sentence was justified under Queensland’s new youth justice laws.