Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed via lethal injection on Wednesday (5 February) having been refused a ...

A US man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death this — and uttered some unexpected last words prior to being ...

An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday ...

South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn't obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...

It appears to be we’ve got problems there,” says the brother of a man who died in sheriff’s office custody in December.

Andrew Taake, one of the Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by President Trump, had been wanted on a warrant for the 2016 felony solicitation of a minor charge.

Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding ...

A Honduran national has been sentenced to over 21 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization while ...

Jose Refugio Torres sentenced to 36 months for a 2019 smuggling attempt that led to four deaths and six injuries.

A South Texas man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling operation that ...