The same Mississippi sheriff’s department that paid $2.5 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit over the brutal torture of ...

Richard Gerald Jordan's execution date is set for June 25, but his attorney is asking the state to reconsider, saying he still has open court cases.

A Mississippi man was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of a woman who accused him of sexual assault -- he ...

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

U.S. News & World Report released a ranking of the "Best States for 2025," and Mississippi came in at number 48. Here are reasons why.

Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...

Before Rogers’ death, the most recent U.S. execution was in Florida and took place May 1, when Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, died ...

The national average is 2,726. Mississippi ranked 20th in the nation on crime and corrections. Here's how that score breaks down. The state ranked 11th on public safety but 42nd for corrections ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, is the oldest prisoner on Mississippi's death row and its longest-serving at 48 years.

Data obtained by WLBT shows that Chapel Ridge Apartments LLC currently owes JXN Water more than $734,000 for water for the ...

A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment ...

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