President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 ...

In so doing, (the Supreme Court) risks the continuation of a split in authority over the proper remedy for the admission of hearsay propensity evidence. In denying leave to appeal, ...

The charge involves the June 2023 death of inmate James Harrison Pennington, who was Wright’s cellmate at Broad River Correctional Institute at the time. Pennington was beaten to death in the ...

Ryan on Friday sentenced Krysiak to eight years in prison. Krysiak pleaded guilty Dec. 16 to desecrating the remains of Kelly Rollason after the 56-year-old Toms River man was shot to death ...

A 22-year-old was sentenced Friday to 76 years in prison for killing a man and leaving his body in the Maumee River. Dimitrius Walker’s sentence is one year less than the term 19-year-old Nasir ...

The Trump administration, DOJ sues Illinois and Chicago over some of its immigration laws. The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with ...

The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement authorities, accusing them of ...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city. Accusing the officials of impeding federal ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele offers to house deportees of any nationality from the U.S., including incarcerated American citizens, in the country’s maximum-security prison. Photo ...

Gene “Daddy G” Barge, a well-rounded saxophone player, songwriter and Grammy-winning producer, has died. He was 98. His daughter says Barge died in his sleep in his Chicago home on ...

LEXINGTON — A former captain at the S.C. Department of Corrections is accused of distributing confidential security information to inmates in exchange for money, an allegation prosecutors say ...