More than three years after his execution was stayed, an upcoming hearing will address death row inmate Ramiro Ibarra’s ...

Washington state’s parole board this week will hear the case of one of the so-called “Hillside Stranglers” who murdered ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Jordan appealed that decision, it was vacated, and he was again sentenced to death in 1998. Jordan is slated to be executed on June 25. But that execution could be postponed by U.S. District Judge ...

The South Dakota State Penitentary has reported another inmate death. 76 year-old Dennis Lufkins died in the Jamison Annex medical unit on Sunday. Lufkins was serving a life sentence for first-degree ...

Washington state is set to receive $105.6 million from the national Purdue Pharma settlement to fight the opioid crisis, as announced by Attorney General Nick Brown.

The Hennepin County prosecutor will pursue first-degree murder charges against Vance Boelter, the suspect arrested in the assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Boelter also was ...

The Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig talks about her decision to serve as a witness to state-sanctioned executions, and what she's learned about mercy, faith and the possibility of redemption.

A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of life in prison after ruling that he was intellectually disabled and could ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s deputy police chief stepped aside on Monday as investigations into the death of a blogger while in custody continue. The death of Albert Ojwang, who was accused of ...