Everything about this barbaric, state-sanctioned atrocity—from the choice to the method itself—is abjectly cruel. We should not just be horrified—we should be furious.” ...

Alabama has one of the highest rates of veteran suicide in the nation, and lawmakers are hoping to reduce that number with new legislation called the Houston Hunter Act.

Under current law, a defendant must prove their disability beyond a reasonable doubt — a high standard that’s unique to Georgia.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...

The audit report, made public by the Inspector of Custodial Services, has given an insight into the state of century-old sections of the prison – including some dating back to the 1880s.

escaped from Kashimpur High Security Central Jail on 6 August by breaking through the prison wall, the Department of Prisons said today (25 February). Jamie was among 203 inmates, including 87 death ...

Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, which was previously known as the Tennessee Prison for Women ... houses Tennessee’s only female death row offender, Christa Pike.

The family of the minor girl on whose complaint a case under POCSO Act was registered against the bus conductor on Monday issued a video statement saying they have decided to withdraw the case and ...

Glossip's lawyer, Don Knight, said his client is "beyond thrilled," noting that "He actually has a future that's not going to be on death row." Prosecutors never contended ... who was sentenced to ...

He said Sepulvado died in the prison infirmary. Related Two death row inmates convicted of murder executed Alabama executes Demetrius Frazier by nitrogen gas for 1991 rape, murder Texas executes ...

An 81-year-old Louisiana death row inmate died Saturday ... “Christopher Sepulvado’s death overnight in the prison infirmary is a sad comment on the state of the death penalty in Louisiana ...

Joel Armando Martin-Martin, a 24-year-old from Guatemala, was sentenced to two years in prison. Martin-Martin pled guilty to being an “illegal alien in possession of a firearm” in November, according ...