Successful petitions to receive compassionate early release from federal prisons due to health issues are rare. They are even ...

Roughly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders nationwide received a grant of executive clemency in January, including 10 people in ...

The jury found Contreras guilty of a murder charge and an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily ...

A U.S. CBP officer allegedly involved in migrant smuggling on the Texas border was a member of a Mexican drug cartel, a federal agent testified.

I was relieved because I was like ‘ok he’s in jail now, he’s going to be ok, he’s safe.’ But I guess I was wrong,” Thelma said. “ The jail did not protect him. He was not safe in jail.” ...