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

Whether you are reflecting on the Maitatsine uprisings of the 80s, the Kaduna riots and Jos crises of the 2000s, or the St.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Tuesday that will transform how intellectual disability is handled in death penalty cases in ...

Despite claiming new evidence that she was forced to help her boyfriend kill two people more than 20 years ago, Mississippi’s ...

Attorneys for Texas death row prisoner Charles Flores have filed a motion to prevent an execution date, citing concerns over ...

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 ...

Randy Halprin, 47, was granted a new trial after a Texas appeals court ruled that his original trial was tainted by ...

Randy Halprin, 47, was granted a new trial after a Texas appeals court ruled that his original trial was tainted by ...

I state court, Chou is under evaluation by psychiatrists after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, court records show.

Tennessee recently scheduled its first executions after a five-year hiatus. Authors Steven Hale and Margaret Vandiver talk ...

How does someone begin to process the news that they are free after decades of wrongful imprisonment? Through the extraordinary skill of a ...

Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy said Pope Leo has demonstrated "his heart for the marginalized," including in his social media ...