A divided five-member parole board in Oklahoma recommended clemency for a 46-year-old man on death row for the 2001 New ...

An escaped inmate charged in a Cherokee County officer's death was federally indicted. State charges continue as prosecutors ...

States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions ...

Shohei Ohtani's Second Home Run of Game 3 Sets MLB History Not Seen in Over 100 Years Melissa strengthens into Earth's ...

An inmate who pleaded guilty to killing three and leaving messages written in blood chose to die by firing squad, according ...

FDSET filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) in Knox County Chancery Court on Tuesday, October 28.

Kelvin Wayne Simmons, 48, was indicted Oct. 7 on eight federal charges after law enforcement say he shot and killed a Cherokee County detention officer while escaping custody. Meanwhile, his state ...

Oklahoma death row inmate Tremane Wood is set for execution next month, despite his brother confessing to the murder in court ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are suing the State of Tennessee, accusing prison officials of violating ...

Roberson said he was placing his hopes for another execution stay in the hands of his lawyers, his supporters and God.

The state wants the U.S. Supreme Court to deny death row inmate Charles Crawford's request to stop his execution, says his ...