Amid rising public concern about jail conditions and accountability, Cleveland County officials and state lawmakers weigh in ...

Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

As Jim Stephens approached the podium at the University of Alabama’s main graduation ceremony in May 2007, the United States was entering its fourth year of the Iraq ...

Twenty-five years have passed since Mary Agnes Bowles was abducted from a Tulsa mall in her car, driven to a remote area and shot four to six ...

A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge ...

Twenty-five years have passed since Mary Agnes Bowles was abducted from a Tulsa mall in her car, driven to a remote area and shot four to six ...

Over the last half-century, the political leanings of the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidency contributed to ...

John Fitzgerald Hanson, a Black man facing execution on June 12, has filed a clemency petition with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board arguing that he suffers from Autism Spectrum Disorder, was ...

A Texas man has been executed for the killing of a young mother more than 20 years ago. Moises Sandoval Mendoza apologized to ...

The Dallas Wings introduced their newest players on Wednesday, including top WNBA Draft pick Paige Bueckers. The former UConn ...

Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Wednesday says his office is pushing the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board reject clemency for convicted murderer George John Hanson.