Prosecutors are scrambling to shore up the case from adverse judicial rulings. Defense lawyers say they are not ready for ...

Gov. Jeff Landry seeks to move West Feliciana Parish to another federal judicial district for efficiency reasons.

The largest number of death row inmates is in California. Right now, there are an estimated 580 inmates (including 18 women) in California awaiting execution, although there has not been an execution ...

Burton also is in poor health with rheumatoid arthritis. He primarily uses a wheelchair and has to wear a helmet due to frequent falls, one of his lawyers said.

A Florida death row inmate scheduled to die next week is making a final push for transparency, citing a U.S. Supreme Court Justice’s recent warning about “intolerable” secrecy in the state’s execution ...

A warrant has been issued for a convicted murderer and fraudster who failed to return to his halfway house in January.

Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Wednesday, February 25, 2026. - An Arkansas judge will hear arguments over whether a death row inmate can speed ...

Melvin Trotter was executed by lethal injection for the 1986 murder of 70-year-old Virgie Langford, a mother of four on the verge of retirement.

A pair of inmates at the New Castle Correctional Facility were charged with attempted murder after they reportedly stabbed another inmate in the right eye over an alleged ...

By outlawing indefinite solitary confinement for death row inmates, Oklahoma joins states like Hawaii, Connecticut, and New York, which have ended this practice in recent years. Some prisoners remain ...

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an ...

The Nevada Department of Corrections did not provide any information about a cause of death for any of the inmates.