CRIMINAL LAW

Thursday was the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited a federal prison.

"The president believes strongly that the ability to petition for clemency is a critical component of our criminal justice system."

Mexican Federal Police are patrolling roads near Altiplano, the maximum security federal prison from which Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped, in hope of finding the fugitive.

Despite the fact that white men constitute only 31 percent of the U.S. population, they are 79 percent of elected prosecutors.

The Albany Medical Center turned over to police Sunday custody of David Sweat, a prisoner who escaped and was subsequently recaptured last month.

Another critical deadline is looming, and migrants are facing a dilemma: Leave everything behind, or stay and risk deportation.

Reform of the U.S. criminal justice system has been a part of local and national lawmakers’ political platform for more than a decade.

Death row inmates in Oklahoma had objected to the use of midazolam after botched executions in several states.

China's government has enlisted the country's biggest Internet companies to help crackdown on online drug transactions.

After Richard Matt was killed by U.S. Border Patrol officers, a tight security perimeter was set up in the area, where David Sweat was believed to be holed up.

Gene Palmer was charged with promoting dangerous prison contraband, destroying evidence and official misconduct in the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat two weeks ago.

Some European Union countries are resorting to walls to keep migrants out. Experts say it will not work.

Major Charles Guess of New York State Police, however, said he was only concerned about capturing the fugitives, and not the costs.

Jenner's case, involving a car crash that led to the death of one person in February, will be sent to Los Angeles' Major Crimes Division.

Police are investigating hundreds of leads in their search for the two escaped convicts, who are considered "very dangerous."

Dylan Storm Roof could call the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in home for as long as several years depending on his plea or if he faces the death penalty.

At least four of the 20 undocumented immigrants on board were hospitalized after the collision.

The U.S Marshals Service is offering a reward up to $25,000 for information or tips that lead to the capture of two fugitives who broke out of an upstate New York prison. It has also added David Sweat and Richard Matt to a list of its 15 most wanted fugitives.

Law enforcement officials have searched more than 16 square miles and followed upward of 1,200 leads in an effort to capture the figitives.

U.S. prosecutors on Monday made public their 2013 plea agreement with Chuck Blazer, revealing that the former FIFA executive committee member had been secretly providing authorities information for nearly two years before he admitted guilt.

Activists say immigrant detainees have been threatened with solitary confinement because of their hunger strike and protests.