Robert Thompson has not reoffended since his release in 2001, unlike his accomplice Jon Venables who was jailed again in 2010 ...

Jon Venables, who killed toddler James Bulger more than 30 years ago, will next month have his latest bid for freedom heard by the Parole Board. The 43-year-old, who tortured and murdered two-year-old ...

Confidential informants are the lifeblood of law enforcement's effort to fight crime. But the best informants are generally very bad people — ruthless criminals — and while their information helps the ...

EASTHAM (AP) -- A juror in Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger’s trial says testimony showed that the man once listed as the FBI’s most wanted fugitive was a "bad, bad man," but she was still stunned ...

Lawyers for accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger and the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office are facing off about whether victims of crimes for which he was acquitted should be allowed to speak out during ...