Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976.

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing and kidnapping a mother of two young children that year ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the state Supreme Court to review and potentially expedite five death ...

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We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Fariza Fazyl, age 17. By The Learning Network Alexander M., 16, writes about his ...

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