Homeless encampments and tents in public spaces will be removed in both cities. In Brockton, unhoused people could pay fines ...

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with an intellectual disability violates the 8 th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Later decisions in 2014 and 2016 faulted ...

A federal judge last month rejected an incarcerated plaintiff's request for a new civil trial in his constitutional rights ...

The Brockton City Council on Tuesday voted 7-4 to ban camping on public property and take down homeless encampments.

Thoams Creech, described by authorities as a serial killer who has “admitted to killing upwards of 40 people,” was sentenced ...

Failed execution attempts delayed a man's death and questions have arisen over possible violation of double jeopardy ...

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with an intellectual disability violates the 8 th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Later decisions in 2014 and 2016 ...

Surprise leaders voted unanimously to reinstate a homeless camping ban that will allow police to cite people for sleeping in ...

A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on death row whose first lethal injection ...

A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on death row whose first lethal injection ...

Thomas Eugene Creech, a serial killer on death row in Idaho, was granted a stay in execution months after a first execution ...