Criminal Justice

Inside ESP’s Cell Block 15, artist Mark Menjivar installed a composition written by Texas death row inmate David Lee Powell, who was executed in 2010.

The legalization measure is a companion piece to another bill that would create a tax and regulatory structure for vendors to grow and sell weed.

Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing traces of cannabis oil.

A federal jury has convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.

Edsaul Mendoza, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the death of 12-year-old Thomas "TJ" Siderio.

Brian Ulrich pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction, and agreed to cooperate with government investigators.

The three-time Wimbledon champion was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts.

A 2019 law expanded access to expungements. A clinic at a library near Wilmington helped guide prospective applicants through the process.

The former Minneapolis police officer is asking a state court to send his case back to Hennepin County; order a new trial elsewhere; or order him to be resentenced.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, police have identified Christopher Schurr as the officer who killed Patrick Lyoya three weeks ago.

Sentencing for misdemeanor convictions against Tyquan Atkinson has been delayed, keeping the 22-year-old behind bars.

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a woman to die for the 2007 death of her child have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial.

So far, all three juries to decide a Capitol riot case convicted each defendant of all charges.

Tyquan Atkinson has remained in jail since being cleared of murder, with a judge set to decide on sentencing for additional charges filed by DA’s office.

Sharpton spoke Friday at Lyoya's funeral and renewed the call for transparency made by Lyoya's family.