Many members of Loyola’s community are expressing frustration with the recent execution of Jessie Hoffman, Louisiana’s first ...

The mixed feelings generated by Louisiana’s resurrection of capital punishment stemmed largely from association. Prisoners with no connection to the 56 condemned men went about their business. But ...

James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.

A new report from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reveals that the state’s capital punishment system remains mired in a ...

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office released its Capital Crimes Report — it’s a snapshot of Ohio’s death row. The 2024 numbers ...

With the release today of the “2024 Capital Crimes Report,” Attorney General Dave Yost stressed that little, if anything, has ...

A state district judge has signed death warrants setting execution dates for two men convicted of murders in Caddo Parish -- ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office is seeking death warrants for two death row inmates.

Arkansas becomes the latest state to allow nitrogen gas for executions, following in the footsteps of Alabama, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.

The state of Louisiana implemented a method of execution this month that advocates describe as cruel and unusual.

Two US states have executed convicted murderers, the third and fourth death sentences carried out in the country this week.

Edward James was put to death in Raiford, Florida, by lethal injection on Thursday, marking the fourth execution in the US ...