Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

Attorney General Liz Murrill is pressing the Louisiana Supreme Court to come up with standards that she hopes will bring to ...

Attorney General Liz Murril has filed a writ asking to speed up the executions of five inmates, including a Caddo Parish ...

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

Malcolm Alexander had been incarcerated at Angola prison 14 years already when he learned about DNA testing, the thing that ...

Louisiana's chief legal officer is appealing to the state Supreme Court for the justices to develop a standard that would expedite the executions of five inmates on death row.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

Darrell Robinson's conviction and death-penalty sentence have been affirmed by the Louisiana Supreme Court, and Rapides ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is seeking to have the Louisiana Supreme Court review the case of the “Cheneyville ...

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...