The bipartisan bill would abolish the death penalty in Ohio and ban the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abortion.

Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, Brenda Andrew, 61, could get another chance in court due to "sex-shaming" during her ...

After impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spent his first days in jail following his arrest on insurrection ...

Oklahoma death row inmate Brenda Andrew could get another trial after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in and said she may not have been treated fairly.

(CNN) — Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal ...

The family of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death last month at an upstate New York prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the 17 officers under investigation in the case.

On Jan. 5, Brandon Hanson was pronounced dead at the prison. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled his death a homicide and said Hanson died from a stab wound to the chest. Hanson, 35 ...

VALPARAISO — Nearly nine months after allegedly lying on her 10-year-old foster child resulting in his death, Jennifer Wilson ... which carries a potential prison term of one to six years ...

Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the ...