Twenty people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a Mississippi Delta drug trafficking scheme.

South Carolina's highest court has refused to stop Friday's execution of a man who killed three people over five days and left taunting messages for police in one victim's blood.

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Harold Wayne Nichols was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was convicted of raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a ...

Virginia are waiting to enroll in prison education programs — a backlog that state officials say could hinder rehabilitation ...

The court found the Department of Correctional Services had violated her rights by refusing hormonal treatment as "cosmetic medication" ...

The bills have been introduced as states have carried out 41 executions this year, the largest amount in the country since ...

Several people were detained, and seven of those people were ultimately arrested following further investigation and record ...

A Memphis man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of stealing $100,000 worth of guns and jewelry from a ...

Former Bosasa chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi has pleaded guilty to corruption and money laundering, but has escaped ...