A U.S. soldier has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering three Iraqi detainees.

Riots, murders and other violence are common in Venezuela's overcrowded prisons.

A court in India has convicted the son of a ruling party politician for the murder of a young model in 1999.

U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that eight members of the Down Below Gang (DBG) - a violent street gang based in the Sunnydale Public Housing Project in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood - pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy charges and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Four of the defendants pleaded guilty to violent acts as part of a conspiracy to participate in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO).