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.

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has received a jolt of momentum from public attention over the flurry of pardons and commuted sentences ...

Attorneys for the state said they planned to appeal the superior court judge’s ruling to the NC Supreme Court.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month.

But for Cooper’s action, 2024 would have been the first year since 2016 in which no state granted clemency to any inmate on death row. In place after place, clemency boards and governors turned ...

It was a “commonplace occurrence” for prison employees to illegally assault inmates, Terry L. Melvin said in his guilty plea. Melvin pleaded guilty Friday to one charge of conspiring to ...

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 ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky prison guard’s recent guilty plea revealed an “unofficial policy” that involved using unreasonable force on inmates seeking protection. Terry Melvin, a former ...

Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, whose attorneys argue was "sex-shamed" during her husband's murder trial, may have another day in court after a Tuesday Supreme Court ruling. Brenda Andrew ...

When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention of finding a husband. Instead, the now-29-year-old was searching for someone who would understand her ...