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Driver in LASD Recruit Crash Withdraws Plea After Judge Requires One Year in Jail

The decision sends the 2022 Whittier wrong-way crash case toward a trial that will test fault and punishment.

Florida Executes James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, for 1976 Murder

Parolee Whose Chase Preceded CPD Officer’s Death Gets 8 Years in Plea Deal

Marcus Sanfratello Gets 20 Years for 1983 Killing of Teresa Peroni

Wife Arrested in 2002 Frisco Cold-Case Killing of Husband

Kristin Ramsey Pleads Not Guilty in 2011 Killing of Realtor Ashley Okland

John Carey Sentenced to Life Without Parole in 1986 Salem State Murder

French Lawyers Stage Nationwide Strikes Over Plan to Extend Plea Deals to Crimes

Police Watchdog Opens Probe Into Merseyside Case That Wrongfully Jailed Peter Sullivan

Appeals Court Upholds Rebecca Grossman’s Murder Convictions in 2020 Crosswalk Deaths

Harris County DA Declares Criminal Case Backlog Cleared

Government Unveils Courts Bill and Record Funding to Tackle Crown Court Backlog

Duterte ICC Hearing Enters Third Day as Defense Claims No 'Smoking Gun'

Sentrell Wilson Indicted in 2000 Columbia Killing After South Carolina Arrest

Delhi High Court Orders Jaideep Sengar to Surrender as It Seeks Responses on Plea to Upgrade Unnao Custodial-Death Convictions

Oklahoma Executes Kendrick Simpson for 2006 Double Murder

Besançon Appeals Court Rejects Frédéric Péchier’s Bid for Release Before Retrial

Leveson’s Criminal Courts Review Urges Video Hearings, AI and PM-Led Overhaul

Appeals Court Overturns James Heaps Conviction, Orders Retrial

Larry Atkinson Sentenced to 40 Years to Life for 1994 Manhattan Double Murder