Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration says it's recommending the closure of Rockview state prison and the Quehanna boot camp ...

Rowan Wilson, the chief judge of New York State’s highest court, used his State of the Judiciary address to push back against ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier's final meal was a popular takeaway choice, after spending three decades in prison.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

Today in this animated cartoon video we look at the final moments before a prisoner goes in the United States! In this infographics video we learn about the final meal and last words of inmates in ...

Death Row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted of murder after suffocating a pastor in his own church during a robbery, ...

Nelson was accused of killing 28-year-old pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in 2011. Nelson entered NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington and allegedly attacked Dobson and 69-year-old secretary Judy ...

Death row inmate Joseph Zieler was convicted of killing Lisa Story and 11-year-old Robin Cornell. His attorney appealed it ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma board rejected clemency on Wednesday for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman ...

Neigh”-ture calls. Central Park horse carriage drivers are urging the city for some “relief” when it comes to bathroom access ...

Steven Nelson is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, more than a decade after he was convicted of smothering a 28-year-old ...

Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own ...