Wendell Grissom’s execution is set despite claims of brain damage, as Oklahoma’s death penalty law faces scrutiny over its definition of intellectual disability.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on his podcast Tuesday that Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a parole board hearing on ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'll use the board's recommendation to decide whether to let the Menendez brothers out of prison.

A former Republican Tennessee lawmaker says President Donald Trump has pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in six states during the remainder of 2025. Through March 20, three ...

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and ...

A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die ...

Payback and projection have long been two of President Trump’s touchstones. He settles scores in return for every perceived ...

Newsom on Monday plans to propose a new parole board process that could clear a path for more prisoners to have their ...

The reason: Prisoners are often required to serve a greater proportion of federal sentences than state sentences, and ...