Diwali, or the festival of lights, begins today, Oct. 20, with communities across Michigan celebrating the five-day festival.

He is one of 19 men convicted of first-degree murder as teens who are awaiting resentencing due to changes in the law.

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...

Nebraska expects its deal to convert a prison into an ICE detention facility will bring $14.25 million annually to the state.

Blaming 1970s infrastructure that apparently has not been properly maintained, the Montana Department of Corrections ...

A new state report is highlighting concerns with Michigan State Police’s management of the state’s sex offender registries.

The current maximum prison sentences for dealing, manufacturing or possessing with intent to sell Schedule 1 or 2 drugs ...

Communities across Michigan are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, set to begin Oct. 20. Here's what to know.

Judge John Feick In February sentenced Curtis to 60 years in prison for the murder conviction and added 18 years as a habitual offender penalty.

Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early ...

Stephano Ramon Nabors was sentenced Oct. 9 in Macomb County Circuit Court after a jury convicted him of five charges.