Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request to stop the execution of Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford, on death row for over 30 years, was convicted of the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and ...

An inmate is facing a string of violent criminal cases across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including charges for allegedly ...

Marquice McClinton pleaded no contest to murder back in April, but since then he’s been trying to get out of the deal he ...

An escaped New Orleans inmate who was captured after a standoff in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday was in court for his initial appearance. Derrick Groves appeared in magistrate court in Fulton County ...

A Tacoma General Hospital worker was repeatedly punched by an inmate in 2023, a lawsuit says. The complaint alleges that an inattentive correctional officer failed to restrain the inmate. The employee ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a last-minute emergency petition to stay the execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford's attorneys argued his original trial lawyers improperly ...

A prison officer and an inmate have appeared in court jointly charged with misconduct in public office after allegedly having a sexual relationship. Alicia Novas, 19, and Declan Winkless, 30, appeared ...

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis, saying his ...

An Ontario judge has stayed first-degree murder charges against three men in an alleged “execution-style” killing after concluding that their Charter rights were violated at a Milton, Ont., ...

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A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was sentenced to die in ...

A female inmate was found dead in a jail cell this month, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said Thursday. Deputy Coroner Al Lonzo said Amber Knepshield, 32, was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m.