Dateline covered the chilling case of a 19-year-old college student from Reno, Nevada, who vanished without a trace during winter break in January 2008.

The Supreme Court has ruled that executing the innocent does not violate the Constitution, but some states allow people ...

The single-term Republican leaves behind a complicated history. He spent five years in federal prison after being convicted ...

is calling for a Parliamentary probe into the death of an inmate in Cape Town. Quinton Fortuin was allegedly killed during a fight with prison warders at the Goodwood prison in February.

DEER LODGE, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte and others gathered in Deer Lodge to mark the beginning of a significant expansion project at the Montana State Prison. The project aims to address ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will take place in the coming weeks as the condemned man’s legal team fights to delay — or stop altogether ...

For the other convictions, Godbolt was sentenced to six life sentences and two 20-year terms. Godbolt, now 42, is on death row at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

“The state’s ever-worsening track record for death convictions reveals its tremendous incompetence, indifference, and even malice.” There are 55 people on death row in Louisiana. After a 15 ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate's convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy ...