Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The Supreme Court will decide whether laws requiring adult entertainment ... Samuel Alito to recuse himself from Trump hush money sentencing after a call between Trump and Alito.

Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal. He can be reached by phone or email: (901)208-3922 and [email protected], ...

Sentencing hearings for the officers convicted, and those that entered guilty pleas, in the Tyre Nichols federal criminal case have been postponed to the summer, federal Judge Mark S. Norris ruled ...

Hundreds of Territory frontline workers have signed an open letter protesting mandatory sentencing for worker assaults. Here’s why they aren’t happy with the laws designed to keep them safe.

A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing a woman more than 60 times, stuffing her body in a suitcase, ...

(WTVC) — A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing a woman more than 60 times, stuffing her body in a suitcase, and dumping it on the banks of the Tennessee River.

"Given court proceedings are ongoing, I'm not going to provide further commentary, including on sentencing, which is a matter for judges." ...

Watch live coverage on Sky News as Axel Rudakubana is sentenced for the murder of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift ...