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Police in Jamaica have arrested a dancehall artist accused of recording and playing a song they say promotes criminal activity. Marlon Plunkett, best known as “KipRich,” turned in himself on Monday.

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for murder. It also spotlights the sons of both Ramirez and his victim.

Demetrius Terrence Frazier's final meal was a popular takeaway choice, after spending three decades in prison.

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...