More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to review five death row post-conviction relief cases and ...

Daniel Jongyon Park, the Washington state man charged with providing explosive materials to a suicide bomber who attacked a ...

Three forthcoming education and vocational training buildings by SHL and DLR Group stand to add new amenities at San Quentin, ...

The state has paid out nearly $900,000 to settle lawsuits tied to double-bunking deaths in recent years. Nebraska's prisons ...

Former death row inmate Richard Glossip appeared in court Tuesday for a bond hearing. After over two hours of back and forth, the hearing ended without a decision from Judge Heather E. Coyle; ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A new execution date has been requested for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who had been set last year to become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction ...

There is more to the Silver State than the bright lights of Las Vegas, and these charming Nevada towns are ready to steal ...

Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S ...

The 'Doomsday mother' has been convicted in the murders of her children, her husband's former wife. She also was convicted ...