Vincenzo Panetta hears from victim's family as he is sentenced for negligent homicide in Portsmouth parking garage death.

HERE is a look back at 12 of the most shocking court cases that the Star covered during 2025.

Recidivism reveals a gap between punishment and rehabilitation. Psychology explains why incarceration alone rarely transforms ...

A car salesman who stole money from an elderly customer and received more than $500,000 in phony COVID relief has been sentenced to prison. James J. Mastrogiovanni, 45, of Washington Township ...

A 23-year-old inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution died Saturday under suspicious circumstances, officials said. Deon Sheridan Smith Jr., who faced life in prison for felony murder, had been at ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A Broward jury decided to give a convicted police killer life in prison without parole after deliberating for just a few hours on Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Jason ...

A Paradise Township man who stole a car at gunpoint and told his wife he was carjacked will spend up to four years in prison after being sentenced on Wednesday. Aharon Darnell Jones, 36, pleaded ...

China’s electric vehicle market isn’t just growing, it’s evolving faster than most can process. With new models rolling out at breakneck speed, the country’s automakers aren’t simply keeping pace with ...

A man set fire to cars belonging to prison staff at HMP Grampian in Peterhead on Christmas Day, a court has heard Graeme Seivwright, 43, admitted involvement in the blaze on 25 December 2023. Three ...

A teen was sentenced to prison after a botched car deal in 2023 that turned into a deadly shooting. Anthony Watson, 18, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the death of Ricardo De La Fuente. State ...

In 2017, the urban planner Bruce Appleyard asked 9- and 10-year-olds from two Bay Area suburbs to draw maps of their neighborhoods. The first group lived in a community with heavy traffic and little ...

A recent National Academy of Sciences report criticized traditional ways of measuring success after individuals are released from prison that are entrenched in identifying failure by relying solely on ...