A neo-Nazi defendant with facial tattoos that many might find disturbing covered them up during his Florida murder trial, with the help of a cosmetologist paid over $100 a day…
Texas’ highest criminal court has temporarily halted a hearing on the constitutionality of capital punishment overseen by a Houston judge who issued then rescinded a decision striking down the state’s…
Among the thousands of contraband cell phones confiscated from California prison inmates in recent years was one found under the mattress of Charles Manson, the notorious architect of the 1969…
Justice John Paul Stevens has been more visible since his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, and now he’s taking on an even higher-profile role with a new book review…
Ohio prison officials say they had no objection to a death-row inmate’s 17-minute prayer before his execution, but they did see the potential for future problems.
A DNA test performed 10 years after the execution of a Texas inmate raises questions about his guilt in the robbery and murder that sent him to death row.
In an effort to prevent, or at least postpone, the execution of a U.S. prison inmate on death row, a London-based human rights group says it has filed or will…
Freed yesterday after spending 18 years in prison for a capital crime he did not commit, Anthony Graves was initially convicted because of a “nightmare” of prosecutorial misconduct that included…
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution on Tuesday in the case of a death-row inmate who challenged the foreign origin of a lethal injection drug.
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