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Just hours after John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, the actor showed up at the doorstep of Dr. Samuel Mudd, seeking help for his broken leg. Soon after, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in jail. To this day, his family is fighting to clear Mudds name. Cindy Johnston reports.

Six foreign medical workers who had been sentenced to death in Libya are free. The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor flew out of Libya to Bulgaria aboard a French jetliner accompanied by the wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy.

Jurors will hear testimony before deciding whether James Holmes will be sentenced to death or life in prison.

The second of two former Claremont police officers charged with lying on the job has pleaded guilty.The state Attorney General's office says Mark Burch…

Twenty-five years ago, the New York State prison at Attica erupted in a bloody riot that left forty-three people dead. The incident led to a number of important prison reforms that improved conditions for inmates, and gave them greater access to the courts. Now, the popularity of tough-on-crime measures has contributed to longer sentences and tougher conditions in most prisons. Sandy Tolan reports.

Yigal Amir guilty of the pre-meditated murder of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The court sentenced him to life plus six years.

Congress approves fines and prison sentences for persons who disclose critical infrastructure information that businesses want kept secret. The provision is part of the newly passed Homeland Security Act. Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards.

Martha Stewart has completed her five-month sentence for lying to federal prosecutors about a stock sale. Though she still faces five more months of restricted travel, Stewart's release will allow her to focus on her two new TV shows and a new line of furniture.

The Supreme Court abolishes executions for homicides committed when the perpetrator was a juvenile. The 5-4 ruling throws out laws in 20 states, and death sentences against dozens of murderers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes.

Darrell Mease, a convicted murderer, was scheduled to die in Missouri when his prayers were answered. Pope John Paul II won Mease, a Christian convert, a commutation of his death sentence during a 1999 Missouri visit.