Defense attorneys argue it would be "unheard of in both this state and the nation" for executions to be scheduled before an inmate exhausts all appeals.

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

(AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution ... that that nitrogen hypoxia would inflict "torture on Jessie at the time of his death.” Hoffman, who did not ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said, adding the ...

The Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murril’s office announced on Monday that it will lead the prosecution in the ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office is seeking death warrants for two death row inmates.

Louisiana carried out the execution of inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr, using a contentious method for the first time. Authorities ...

The indictment from the grand jury alleges that five officers including the police chief of the Hanceville Police Department tampered with physical evidence, sold and distributed illegal drugs and ...

On Dec. 8, 2003, a conflict in Abbeville, South Carolina, over 20 feet of land turned deadly. Steven Bixby ambushed and killed Abbeville County sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Wilson and state constable Donnie ...

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