Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been ...

In March, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Mr Jackson for the murder of a herdsman, Babu Bawuro, in Adamawa State.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has granted the prerogative of mercy to 31 convicted inmates of the Nigerian ...

Nigeria has witnessed a disturbing pattern of jailbreaks that have resulted in thousands of inmates escaping from correctional facilities across the country. The most recent incident occurred on March ...

In a bid to alleviate overcrowding in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, four state governors have granted pardons to over ...

The House of Representatives has rescinded its decision on the bill to abolish the death penalty. The bill is sponsored by ...

A bill seeking to abolish the death penalty in Nigeria has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.

Members of the House of Representatives have passed a bill seeking to abolish death penalty for the second reading. The bill ...

A bill seeking to abolish death penalty has passed the second reading at the house of representatives. The bill, sponsored by ...

The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the more than four decades that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention. It is a record for compensation of this kind, Japanese media said.

The Senate on Tuesday has confirmed the appointment of Sylvester N. Nwakuche as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS).The confirmation followed the submission of a ...

The Senate on Tuesday ratified the appointment of Sylvester Nwakuche as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS).