Assembly Democrats also backed the bill after ensuring it wouldn’t add another crime to California’s three-strike list ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are on the verge of approving legislation to trim prison sentences for repeat nonviolent felonies. Current law adds an additional year to offenders' ...

PHOENIX — A repeat killer who murdered his girlfriend in Tempe years ago was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, authorities said. Gary Lennall Cox, 60, killed her in a Tempe hotel on Aug. 7, 2020, ...

The crime that landed Kevin O’Brien Allen a spot among the more than 4,100 Louisianans now serving life-without-parole sentences wasn’t a bloody one: He sold $20 in marijuana to a childhood friend.

EVERETT, Wash. — The Everett City Council is weighing a sentencing enhancement for "repeat offenders," specifically targeting those committing crimes like public drug use, theft, criminal mischief and ...

The prosecution has demanded a life sentence for a repeat murderer accused of killing a woman in her 60s over a romantic ...

BETHEL, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A repeat offender has been sentenced to one of Alaska’s longest prison terms for sexual assault. Bethel Superior Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 58-year-old ...

California lawmakers are on the verge of approving legislation to trim prison sentences for repeat nonviolent felonies.Current law adds an additional year to offenders' sentences for each previous ...