Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

With the support of Governor Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General, Liz Murrill, signaled the state is ready to resume executions.

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

A DeSoto Parish man who’s been on death row for more than three decades could be the first person put to death after a ...

House Bill 6, now Act 5 from that session, allowed for executions to take place through nitrogen hypoxia through bipartisan ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

For the second week in a row, demonstrators gathered in the area to protest deportation efforts and other legislation they believe targets immigrants.

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. People held in state prison can ...

The stage often brings stars their greatest triumphs, but for some, it tragically becomes the site of their final act, from ...

An Oklahoma board has rejected clemency for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman during a 2005 home-invasion robbery.