Newsom-backed law lets illegal immigrant child rapist seek early release again as DA urges ‘stop the madness’

An illegal immigrant convicted of raping his stepdaughter was granted early parole under a California law…

Killer admits to decades-old cold case slaying after investigators lean on new forensic evidence: officials

Mark Sanfratello pleads guilty and receives 20 years in prison for the 1983 cold case killing…

Ex-MLB pitcher Dan Serafini claims innocence in 2021 murder of his in-laws: ‘The justice system failed’

Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini told "Dateline" he is innocent of killing his in-laws, saying he…

Chinese researcher on US visa pleads guilty to smuggling E. coli into the country

A Chinese researcher was sentenced to over four months in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling…

Former UCLA gynecologist sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting patients at school

James Heaps, a former UCLA OB-GYN, pleaded guilty to 13 felony counts and was sentenced to…

Stormy Daniels’ disgraced ex-lawyer and anti-Trump superstar Michael Avenatti moved to halfway house

Michael Avenatti has been moved from federal prison to a residential reentry program in California, per…

Minnesota man who pocketed cash in kids’ meal scheme gets prison time despite ‘I’m sorry’ apology

A Minnesota man was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in the Feeding…

DOJ probes California, Maine over transgender inmate housing policies

Federal officials are probing whether transgender inmate housing policies in California and Maine violate female inmates'…

Former Assad-era prison chief convicted of torture in US federal court, marking a historic first

Samir Ousman Alsheikh, a former Syrian prison chief, was found guilty of torture and immigration fraud…