Death penalty cases cost taxpayers significantly more than cases where inmates serve life sentences. Capital cases are more ...

In a list of orders released on Monday morning, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court, holding that ...

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Decades spent on death row for a crime that changed everything, with years passing before the truth began to surface. A story of time lost, justice questioned, and a case that took a shocking turn ...

An Alameda judge overturned Franklin Lynch’s death sentence after finding racial bias in jury selection. The ruling follows a sweeping county review.

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state's appeal of a lower court ...

Every year, thousands of prisoners in the U.S. are placed in solitary confinement, where they endure isolation, abuse, and mental suffering. This practice might soon become rarer for some inmates in ...

Charles 'Sonny' Burton was sentenced to death for his role in a 1991 Alabama convenience store robbery that saw a customer killed ...

Justices rejected Reed's latest push for new testing on DNA evidence from the 1996 rape and murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County.

The scheduled April execution of James Broadnax is under review after a shocking change in testimony 17 years after a double ...