Whether Creech dies of natural causes or lethal injection matters in this one respect: By executing someone for the first ...

In a court filing, the judge said the conviction of Melissa Lucio, whose scheduled execution in 2022 was halted, should be ...

Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals ...

Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.

Nationwide support for the death penalty has fallen to its lowest level in decades due to shifting attitudes among younger ...

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed convictions against a former Birmingham Police detective who killed a woman ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Kalen DeBoer's message to Alabama football Saturday night after the Crimson Tide's 24-17 loss to Tennessee was simple. Look inward. Do some soul-searching. Get back to work.

Tennessee will face a $100,000 fine from the SEC for fans storming the field Saturday − and it owes the money to Alabama after the Vols' second straight win against the Crimson Tide at Neyland ...

A father's anguish over the loss of his son turns to outrage as he learns no criminal charges will be filed in the brutal attack inside an Alabama prison.The ki ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed court documents asking for post-conviction ...

The judge gave the prosecutor and Corey Smith’s defense attorney until the first week in February to come up with a plea deal ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has decided the state should take a break from executions for the holidays. Justices issued ...