Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.

The Louisiana Supreme Court late Friday put the brakes on execution plans for two Caddo Parish death row inmates.

Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S.

Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer. He will be the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes ...