Infamous Atwater Village gang boss Timothy McGhee’s first-degree murder convictions were tossed out by the California Supreme ...

A reader is in favor of Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman's decision to seek the death penalty in special circumstances that ...

The death penalty is riddled with hypocrisy. It attempts to punish murder through another act of murder. And the state’s ...

A growing rift between Los Angeles County’s public defenders and the District Attorney’s Office exploded into public view ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing county prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed test kits for eight months.

President Trump has designated cartels as terrorist groups and called for the death penalty against fentanyl dealers. His ...

Hochman's predecessor had recommended the brothers be resentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters his ...

He faces both state and federal charges, with a possible death penalty if convicted federally. Mangione was arrested after being identified in surveillance footage, with evidence linking him to ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters his decision hinged on whether the brothers’ had exhibited “insight and complete responsibility” into lies told during their original trial ...

LOS ANGELES — The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez because the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they ...