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 ...

Two Texas death row inmates in the last year were given court rulings of "actual innocence". Melissa Lucio, 56, convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter in 2008, is still waiting for a judge ...

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, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a ...

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 ...