Four members of a six-person jury appealed to a Broward criminal judge Friday afternoon to show mercy to a man they had recently convicted for gunning down his cousin at a family birthday party.

Judge James Troiano's decision to give leniency to a privileged teen accused of rape exposes the issue of white privilege and ...

Sep. 17—A Pittsburgh man who testified during a criminal trial last year against three co-defendants charged with killing a New Kensington man was granted leniency Tuesday by a Westmoreland County ...

Favorite phrase from last Friday’s federal court hearing regarding former Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole’s upcoming sentencing: “Crustaceans and kielbasa.” Toole’s attorney, Frank Nocito, coined ...

Two New Jersey judges have come under fire for their handling of rape cases, one for asking whether a 16-year-old Eagle Scout "from a good family" should face serious consequences over a ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a letter to the judge asking for mercy less than 24 hours before he’s set to be sentenced in his federal case. The mogul wrote a four-page letter to Judge Arun Subramanian ...

A request for leniency regarding a drug dealer who sold narcotics that lead to an overdose death may keep the defendant out of prison. Ryan Self, 36, of Seymour was accused in Bartholomew Superior ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Rejecting a recommendation of leniency negotiated by an Evergreen man’s attorney and prosecutors, a federal judge on Wednesday opted for harsher punishment in a case involving a ...