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The Supreme Court ruled today the federal government can keep some sex offenders behind bars indefinitely after they have served their sentences.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional sentences of life in prison without possible release for juveniles who commit a crime other than murder.

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were booked into the Santa Barbara County, California, jail Monday after they showed up for a hearing on accusations that they defrauded an innkeeper and failed to pay a hotel bill.

The last leader of Argentina’s dictatorship got 25 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people in a clandestine concentration camp.

Champion Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero is found dead in a police cell after being arrested for killing his wife.

Undefeated boxer Edwin Valero arrested in Venezuela after his wife's body found in a hotel room.

US businessman Tom Petters is sentenced by a federal judge to 50 years in prison for his role in a $3.7bn fraud.

For the shy Afghan girl who sat quietly in a detention center with a pale blue headscarf, teenage rebellion had come at a heavy price: seven years in prison.

Police say a motorist fleeing officers in Cleveland abandoned his car and jumped a fence — landing in what turned out to be a prison yard.

Suspended Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas should soon learn whether he will serve jail time for a felony gun conviction stemming from a locker-room confrontation with a teammate.