April 9 (UPI) --Florida on Tuesday evening executed a 48-year-old death row inmate who ... Department of Corrections said in a statement. He was killed at the Florida State Prison in Raiford ...

The case against one of the Texas 7 death row inmates is on hold until a judge can hear a motion to recuse the Dallas County ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court late Friday put the brakes on execution plans for two Caddo Parish death row inmates.

Prosecutors' decision to forego seeking the death penalty in the Texas case reportedly had to do with the victims' families' ...

State corrections officials previously said the 15 officers, including three sergeants, are considered “persons of interest” in the death of Nantwi, who died in a holding cell in the prison ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court late Friday put the brakes on execution plans for two Caddo Parish death row inmates ... the dates with death were set. The state Supreme Court previously affirmed ...

The teenager charged with murdering high school football star Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet will not ... is protected from death row — and even life without parole — by the Supreme ...

The school-aged child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died on Thursday in the hospital from measles pulmonary failure, the Texas Department of State Health Services ...

The head of West Virginia’s state corrections system, long plagued by overcrowding and inmate deaths, has been tapped to lead the agency that manages federal prisons beset by similar issues.

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve the state of West ... in the Thomson federal penitentiary in Illinois. After congressional inquiries and another death at the unit, the bureau ...