It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago. By Eduardo Medina ...

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends ...

Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton had spent more than 30 years on Alabama's Death Row for the 1991 murder in which he wasn't the ...

The GOP effort, endorsed by President Donald Trump, aimed to reverse a 2018 measure passed by Utah voters that established an ...

Mark Pedersen grew up in a midwestern town poisoned by lead. Disease and death were everywhere. In search of meaning, he ...

Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates were put on probation ...

Jarred Shaw is imprisoned in Indonesia for a drug offense, his health deteriorating. The former college basketball star is ...

Mikey Madison won the coveted statuette in 2025, joining the list of leading ladies who've nabbed the top honor since 1929 ...

The Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the ...

A man convicted of raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl is asking the state to carry out his death sentence quickly.

Some names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi. One is Doug Evans, a now-retired prosecutor with a ...