Donald Trump's multiple threats to eliminate the Department of Education are already creating trepidation for teachers in ...

A hearing on Saturday could help determine whether the planned June 25 execution of Mississippi’s longest-serving death row ...

On June 2, Taylor filed a motion for rehearing, asking the Court of Appeals to reconsider its application of Howell, saying his incarceration is a deprivation of his constitutional rights. But the ...

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman three decades ago after kidnapping her from a supermarket parking lot was ...

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On the same day the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the appeal of Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray ...

Grant Hardin’s 12-day escape ended just 1.5 miles from prison—joining a list of infamous Arkansas escapes, from violent ...

Nineteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Royal Street feels like a movie set that somehow escaped Hollywood and decided to put down roots in Louisiana – except ...

A CalMatters investigation has found that poor people accused of crimes are routinely convicted in California without anyone investigating the charges against them. Close to half of California’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons must continue providing hormone therapy and social accommodations to hundreds ...

Methamphetamine tears lives apart. This sentencing, a result of dedicated work … ensures these traffickers are held accountable” ...