Erik Ortiz

Federal prosecutors allege a Georgia man named John Mazzola — nickname “John South” — played on the “Cheating Team” in rigged poker games in Manhattan and Miami.

The family of Dwayne “DJ” Tottleben, an inmate at the Coleman prison complex in Florida, is demanding answers after learning he was killed. Guns are not typically permitted in prisons.

A shield statute allows the state to withhold a telling piece of information: where Texas is finding a hard-to-get execution drug.

The nation's first execution of a person convicted in a "shaken baby syndrome" case was halted Thursday when Texas' highest criminal court ruled in the condemned man's favor

Lawyers for Robert Roberson, the condemned man on Texas’ death row who faces execution next week, say the first episode of a “Dateline” podcast about his case includes “highly relevant” evidence that highlights judicial misconduct and supports their petition for a new trial

As investigators pinpoint a motive for what they describe as a "targeted" attack, those who knew Thomas Jacob Sanford are coming to terms with the man who rampaged against the church.

“He didn’t have strong feelings about ICE as far as I knew,” Noah Jahn said of Joshua Jahn, who is accused of firing “indiscriminately” at an ICE facility in Dallas.

Derrick Dearman appeared to be high on drugs in his Alabama prison in the days leading up to his execution

Follow live updates on Charlie Kirk's memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Trump, Vance and Kirk's wife Erika are expected to honor the late conservative figure.

A Ten Commandments poster that hangs in one suburban Dallas teacher’s classroom is surrounded by hot-pink placards featuring tenets from Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam

Suspect accused of killing Charlie Kirk was known for 'squeaky clean' image