Cumberland County has agreed to pay a former inmate $4,000 to settle a federal lawsuit in which he alleged he was denied due ...

Alex Murdaugh got a new court date for his murder retrial, and the public learned a little more about the judge who will be ...

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.

A total of 154 death row inmates who were recommended for release under a presidential pardon by several expert committees ...

Federal appellate judges have revived a lawsuit by some Georgia death row prisoners alleging the state is unfairly favoring ...

Here’s a look at the death penalty in the United States. Facts Capital punishment is legal in 27 US states. Four of those states have governor-imposed moratoriums. According to the Death Penalty ...

Jeffrey Donaldson spent his first night behind bars in the medical assessment unit of HMP Maghaberry, due to fears for his ...

The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan ...

In their public records lawsuit, attorneys for Mealy’s family are seeking the results of the OAG investigation as well as ...

A U.S. senator is warning of a Trump administration plan to remove over 500 children from the country, bypassing legal ...

As the cancerous mass that would ultimately kill him grew unchecked in his lungs, Terrence Wise desperately wrote message ...

Accused murderer Alex Murdaugh's recent plea to the court to remain unshackled and out of prison uniform in front of waiting ...