KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When a case moves through the criminal justice system, much of the focus can fall on a defendant’s ...

Capital punishment remains controversial in the US, with critics warning of innocent people being put on death row.

The Justice Department is bringing back firing squads and other execution methods for federal death row inmates. Could ...

The Justice Department is bringing back firing squads and other execution methods for federal death row inmates. Could ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to resume executions by firing squad and lethal injection, following an executive ...

Sand Reporting for West Seattle Blog Two topics that have receded from the spotlight a bit lately took it back at the April ...

Oregon will pay $295K to settle a lawsuit by a trans prisoner who said she was housed with men and subjected to abuse and ...

Plaintiffs did not provide enough evidence that it would be “cruel and unusual punishment,” judges say.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, who had been on death row without ...

Christa Pike, the only woman on death row in Tennessee, launched a lawsuit against the state in a bid to stop her scheduled ...

Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Vatican stance against the death penalty as several US states explore new execution methods, ...

Virginia House Republicans are hanging their hopes for survival on the state Supreme Court blocking the new congressional map ...