Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate ...

Seven senators, including two from California, wrote to the U.S. Attorney General objecting to a plan that would use federal ...

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring ...

Sens. Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff, and other Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats — including Chair Dick Durbin — wrote to U.S.

California lawmakers are trying to make sure there's enough money to pay the costs of Prop. 36, which reinstated felony sentences and prison time for some repeat theft and drug crimes.

Two inmates on Tuesday were each sentenced to more than a decade of additional time in custody for assaulting another inmate ...

The Quinns, who were featured on Netflix documentary 'American Nightmare,' sat down with KCRA's Michelle Bandur to talk about how they are using their trauma as a force of change.

Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates cited "false and misleading statements" of a former administration which sought to overturn Syed's conviction. Adnan Syed ’s fight to prove his innocence ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state Democrats who frequently invoked the idea of providing sanctuary to undocumented immigrations during Trump’s first term have softened if not changed their tune.