JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Gov. Tate Reeves won’t decide on Richard Gerald Jordan’s request for clemency until after the U.S.

Louisiana had gone more than a decade without any executions. Now, state leaders are ramping up efforts to carry out those sentences for death row inmates.

An Oklahoma County judge continued a bond hearing Tuesday for Richard Glossip, who was on death row in Oklahoma for nearly 30 years.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Palestine man on death row who was convicted for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki, by shaken baby ...

Surgeons at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center successfully performed a fully robotic heart transplant on an adult patient—the ...

Robert Roberson, convicted of the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2003, faces a new execution date despite new evidence ...

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot to death at their home early Saturday morning by a man disguised as ...

Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.

A convicted killer made a final plea in court to avoid death row. Ryan Cole and his defense team presented new evidence, ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson have filed a formal objection to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request ...

Brian Michael Wilson pleaded not guilty to the fatal shooting of Deputy Daniel Sherrer, facing 14 counts including aggravated murder, and if convicted, could face the death penalty.

A man whose execution was delayed last year by an unprecedented move by Texas lawmakers could soon get a new execution date. On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a new execution ...