The Rapides Parish District Attorney speaks out on an attempted attack on a convicted double murderer at the Rapides Parish Courthouse.

During the pandemic, California released about 15,000 prisoners early. About a third ended up back in prison by the start of ...

After nearly 11 years, an arrest in her son’s murder. “A piece of me left that night. A piece of me left and that’s something ...

An upstate lawmaker is calling for an investigation into South Carolina's most recent death penalty case. Mikal Mahdi was executed by firing squad last month, the second time in the state's history.

Wichita County commissioners voted unanimously to withdraw from the Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases program.

Florida is continuing its rapid pace of executions this year, with one convicted killer set to die this week and another on ...

A bill signed into law Tuesday by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp would make it easier to keep people with intellectual disabilities ...

Lisa Jo Chamberlin was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 2006. She was denied post-conviction relief by the ...

Suge Knight's musical rivalry with Sean "Diddy" Combs resurfaced when Cassie took the stand during Combs' trial. Here's a breakdown of the feud.

A bill signed into law Tuesday by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp would make it easier to keep people with intellectual disabilities off death row when they’re convicted of a crime.

Death penalty abolitionists from across the state gathered at Legislative Hall Tuesday to urge lawmakers to support House ...

With Tennessee’s first execution in years set to take place in a little over one week, some death row inmates are pushing the state to reveal its supplier of the lethal injection drug, ...