Editorial: No matter what one’s underlying position on the death penalty, Gov. Jeff Landry’s decision to use nitrogen gas as ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Letters by prisoners illustrate unusual and cruel punishments the incarcerated are facing despite the U.S.

A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating ...

Attorneys for Michael Wade Nance, who argued his compromised veins would make lethal injection painful, said they plan to ...

In Florida, capital crimes include homicide, controlled-substance trafficking and sexual abuse of young children.

James Dennis Ford, a convicted killer on death row since 1999, did not share any final words before he was executed by lethal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the final appeal of Florida Death Row inmate James Ford, clearing the way for his scheduled execution on Thursday.

The ACLU and federal court monitors continue to step in to implement systemic healthcare reform at Arizona state prisons. Meanwhile, a pregnant inmate at the Perryville complex describes her ...

Federal courts can adjudicate state-law claims arising out of the same facts as federal-law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, but what happens if, ...