Smith becomes the state’s first execution since 2020, while also becoming the first inmate to be executed under the state’s ...

Getting to that witness room was the last step in a long morning of movement to watch Smith die by lethal injection for the triple murder of his estranged wife, Judy Robirds Smith, and her two teenage ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for four people on death row in 2025. Oscar Franklin Smith's execution May 22 was the first in five years. A judge has temporarily called off one man's ...

Tennessee convicted murderer Oscar Franklin Smith was executed Thursday morning, the first execution by the state in five ...

The United States Attorney's Office said U.S. District Judge David Morales sentenced 38-year-old Josef Alquan Rutley to a ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Update: A Putnam County Jail inmate turned herself back in to police after escaping from Cookeville Regional Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Gladys Melton, 62, had been ...

Ten inmates escaped a New Orleans jail after breaching a wall behind a toilet and possibly having help, the local sheriff ...

As of 11:30 a.m., 20-year-old Kendell Myles was captured and arrested by Louisiana State Police. NOPD Superintendent Anne ...

Tennessee houses approximately 22,000 individuals in its prison system, and each year thousands are released to reintegrate into society. But while Tennessee has made strides in reducing its ...

Paducah, KY – A Calloway County, Kentucky woman was sentenced this week to 2 years and 1 month in federal prison for six counts of wire fraud. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District ...

Gibson County, Tenn.–On May 5, 2025, in the Circuit Court of Gibson County, the Honorable Judge Peeples sentenced Timothy Fields II to serve 12 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Fields, ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Two years ago, God gave lead pastor Anthony Kendall and Connect Church in Sevierville a heart for prison ministry in Sevier County. The church began by buying a Recovery Bible for ...