Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

The books recounts the witch trials historians believe inspired the Salem trials in the United States of America.

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.

Here is our only interaction with human life.”   Cedar Annenkovna reaches through the 12-inch slot on the cell door. The steel bars reach well above her head and anchor into a cement block in the ...

Every time we pick up a paper or turn on a newscast in recent weeks, there have been some news stories about pardons. One headline said Former President Biden “set (the) record for the most pardons ...

A Rhode Street resident reported that multiple individuals were attempting to break into his home through a rear window ...

A jury convicted a Chesapeake woman of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2024 shooting death of a Portsmouth man at the ...

Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the passage of the 13th Amendment, but abolition contained an intentional loophole. It ...

Australia Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was meeting on Wednesday with state police chiefs to discuss an increase in antisemitic crime in Australia since the war between Israel and ...

OTTAWA - In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the ...

“This bill is not about punishment,” Sen ... in repeat felonious juvenile crime,” Hanson said. Later, he clarified that the number is closer to 1,700%, but it’s in a relatively small ...

Seditious conspiracy is a serious crime of conspiring to overthrow the government or stop its normal functioning. Historically, seditious conspiracy has been difficult to successfully prosecute.