Innocence Project trying to exonerate man executed in 2006

Sedley Alley was put to death in Tennessee in 2006, convicted of killing 19-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Suzanne Collins

• Nov 18, 2019

Kanye West performs for hundreds of inmates at Houston prisons

The rapper-turned-gospel singer performed his new album during two surprise concerts for prison inmates Friday

• Nov 16, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein's guards could face criminal charges: Source

Prosecutors offered the officers the opportunity to plead guilty to the charges — but the officers declined the offer, the source said

• Nov 15, 2019

Ex-tennis academy president pleads guilty in admissions scam

Martin Fox facilitated bribes to two other individuals involved in the scheme and collected $245,000 in the process, prosecutors said

• Nov 15, 2019

Insurance exec sentenced to 6 months in college admissions scandal

It's the longest sentence in the college admissions scandal so far

• Nov 13, 2019

Manager sentenced to 10 years for enslaving black employee

Prosecutors said Bobby Paul Edwards used violence, threats, isolation and intimidation to force the employee to work for more than 100 hours a week without pay

• Nov 8, 2019

Cop found guilty of second-degree murder of suicidal man

The District Attorney said Sergeant Keith Sweeney "violated just about every policy he could have" in the November 2017 incident

• Nov 4, 2019

More than 450 Oklahoma inmates released in mass commutation

Video and photos from outside the state's prisons show former inmates tearfully reuniting with their loved ones

• Nov 4, 2019

Russian agent released from U.S. prison, set to be deported

After pleading guilty to conspiring with the Kremlin to infiltrate conservative political groups in America, she will be deported

• Oct 25, 2019

CEO sentenced to 3 weeks in college admissions scandal

Jane Buckingham is the 11th parent to be sentenced in the widespread scandal

• Oct 23, 2019

NYC lawmakers vote to close massive Rikers jail

Rikers, which has 10,000 beds, is a 400-acre jail complex located on an island in the middle of the East River, between Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx

• Oct 17, 2019

Parent sentenced to three weeks in college admissions scandal

Marjorie Klapper was accused of paying $15,000 to rig her son's ACT

• Oct 16, 2019

Felicity Huffman reports to prison to begin 14-day sentence

Felicity Huffman reported to the federal prison in Dublin, California, her representative said

• Oct 15, 2019

California bans private prisons and detention centers

The state will completely phase out for-profit, private prisons or civil detention centers by 2028

• Oct 11, 2019

Former assistant to Harvey Weinstein comes forward with allegation

She said Weinstein told her "he liked Chinese girls ... because they were discreet" hours before the alleged assault

• Oct 6, 2019

Mentally ill inmates are dying. Are private health care companies to blame?

Critics say an increase in prison suicides is tied to a reliance on isolation and inadequate mental health services

• Oct 4, 2019

"Making a Murderer" subject filing for clemency after 13 years in prison

"This is his best shot, and the moment is now," his attorney said

• Oct 2, 2019

All 4 inmates who escaped from Gallia County Jail in Ohio captured

Gallia County Sheriff said inmates had assistance in their escape from Ohio jail from at least one person on the outside

• Sep 30, 2019

Bill Cosby owes $2.75 million in legal fees after losing dispute

A judge sided with a Los Angeles firm that rejected the 82-year-old's claim that the bill was "egregious"

• Sep 24, 2019

After 3 decades, police believe they found infamous serial killer

Police said the man's DNA matches samples taken from evidence collected from some of the crime scenes

• Sep 19, 2019

Woman who paid R. Kelly's $100K bond wants it back. A judge said no.

Valencia Love said when she bailed R. Kelly out of jail, she didn't know investigators were looking to into other allegations against him

• Sep 18, 2019

American inside Syrian prison says he was recruited to ISIS online

Inside a high-security prison in Syria, CBS News met a 22-year-old man from Minneapolis

• Sep 17, 2019

Weinstein's lawyer on #MeToo and the "difference between sins and crimes"

Harvey Weinstein's attorney, Donna Rotunno, is a former prosecutor who has built her reputation on defending men accused of sexual assault and rape

• Sep 17, 2019

"The Situation" released from federal prison

Sorrentino's castmates recently tried to "free Sitch" early by going to lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

• Sep 12, 2019

Book reveals "Deep Throat" of Harvey Weinstein investigation

The new book "She Said" goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking investigation

• Sep 9, 2019

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