A notorious gang leader from Los Angeles who has been accused and linked to nine separate murders — three that he was found ...

An immigrant, combat veteran and Republican, Lt. Oscar Martinez to challenge incumbent sheriff in deep blue L.A. County.

Investigators suspect the men of carrying out robberies and attempted robberies in Palm Desert, Cathedral City and multiple ...

MS-13 members charged for violent crimes in Florida as the Justice Department ramps up its efforts against gangs ...

In a rare ruling with broad implications for jury deliberations and the death penalty in California, the California Supreme ...

The high court said a juror in the multiple-homicide case should not have been removed, even though fellow panelists said he ...

Timothy McGhee was sentenced to death in 2009 for the murders of three people on rival turf between 1997 and 2001.

The high court found that a lower court improperly removed a juror who faced accusations that he held an anti-police bias.

The convictions and death sentence of the one-time leader of an Atwater Village street gang, who police believed committed at ...