The hospital staff attempted to save the toddler by putting her on life support; however, the child died due to the severity ...

Bell County Circuit Court Judge Keith Nagle signed an order striking the death penalty and changing the first count of Erica ...

On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.

The state has shifted its legal theory about Elena Hembree's death. Erica Lawson still faces prosecution in the child's death.

In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of convicted murderer Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, ordering a lower court to review whether she got a ...

I caught up with Grammy-winning and Death Row Records recording artist October London to discuss his music and new whiskey ...

A new bill filed in the Kentucky legislature would create a fund to compensate people who are wrongly convicted and then ...

Fifty-six of those have been carried out. There are 119 inmates on death row. “It is time for the state of Ohio to take the pragmatic and economically prudent step to abolish the death penalty,” ...

Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, has appealed her conviction for years, claiming the evidence presented against her violated her due process rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...