Charles Manson again denied parole in California
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California denied parole on Wednesday to Charles Manson, one of America's most notorious mass murderers, in his 11th bid for release.
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Opponents said Thursday they will sue to block a voter-approved measure that expands California's DNA database to all suspected felons regardless of whether they are convicted.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office on Wednesday rejected a request that it release several hours of audio tape that contained the governor's now infamous comments about the mingling of "black blood" and "Latino blood."
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A former cult leader who masterminded a   poison gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995 had his appeal   against the death penalty rejected by Japan's Supreme Court on   Friday.
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. (antiTainment) Mark David Chapman, the man who shot and killed John Lennon in December of 1980, made his third bid for parole on Tuesday and was denied.
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Martin H. Tankleff, who spent nearly half his life in jail for the 1988 murders of his parents, will not be retried, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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The Supreme Court declined once again yesterday to decide whether a lengthy delay in carrying out a death sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, this time in the case of an Arizona man who murdered two teenage girls.
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A judge refused to release John A. "Junior" Gotti on bail in a racketeering case accusing him of arranging a failed hit on radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa.
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A judge Tuesday rejected a defense claim that prosecutors waited too long to announce they would seek the death penalty against serial bombing suspect Eric Rudolph.
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Mark David Chapman, the man convicted of killing John Lennon in 1980, has been denied parole for a third time by the New York State Division of Parole.
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LOS ANGELES -- Another pretrial hearing will be held Friday in Michael Jackson&#39;s child molestation case. Thursday, a Santa Maria judge rejected a defense effort to remove the Santa Barbara County district attorney prosecuting the pop star.
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SAN JOSE, California  - A California official   admitted on Tuesday that state prison guards had bungled last   year's controversial execution of former gang leader Stanley   Williams, but denied that lethal injection constituted cruel   and unusual punishment.
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Mark Chapman, killer of John Lennon, applied for parole for the third time today. Parole was denied on the gorunds that a release &quot;would significantly undermine respect for the law.
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A judge has refused to order the teenager who accuses Michael Jackson of molesting him to be examined by a psychiatrist. Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville flatly denied the request by Jackson&#39;s
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The city of Anaheim was denied a temporary restraining order in its attempt to keep the Angels from adding Los Angeles to their name.
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Hellraiser Courtney Love has pleaded not guilty to attacking a woman with a liquor bottle at her ex-boyfriend&#39;s house. In a previous court case, Love was sentenced to 18 months in drug rehab after a break-in at the same ex-boyfriend&#39;s home last year.
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A U.S. Marine convicted of raping a Filipino woman will remain in a Manila jail over the Christmas holidays after his petition to be transferred immediately to the custody of the U.S. Embassy was rejected Tuesday.