U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

Ellie Wilson, a rape survivor, is campaigning for the right for victims to be able to appear at parole hearings, after being denied permission to attend one for her attacker. She tells Nuala McGovern ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

Joseph Baker, a 46-year-old resident of Allen, Texas, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison without the possibility of ...

Two men from San Antonio and Bryan were added to Texas' 10 Most Wanted list, with the Texas DPS seeking information on their whereabouts. Both have evaded capture and have histories of sexual offenses ...

Allen resident Joseph Baker was sentenced to 60 years without parole for sexually abusing two children over 14 years. His ...

Brandon Troy Hartfield of San Antonio has been placed on the Texas Department of Public Safety's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives ...

Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said the judge's sentence will ensure "this predator will spend the rest of his life behind bars." ...

Jasper County deputies and state troopers converged on a house on County Road 293 on Tuesday and captured a fugitive with a ...

Two men recently added to Texas' 10 Most Wanted lists are both wanted for crimes against children, among other offenses.

During his State of the State address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform an emergency item, allowing the ...

Ivery Dorsey stepped out of Pam Lychner State Jail in Humble, Texas, as a free man on Feb. 5 — the third person to be ...