A Brooklyn drug dealer hired a third party to pressure a juror and get a mistrial in his murder trial, according to prosecutors — but round two didn’t go his way after a judge took the rare step of ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Department ...

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.