Larry Wayne Whitehead, 62, was convicted in 1996 for the death of Albertville police officer and detective Andrew Whitten. Whitten was set to testify against Whitehead in an upcoming theft trial, ...

Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill ...

The decorated death penalty litigator talks about a need to move away from incarceration as the antidote to crime problems ...

Elections have consequences, so the slogan goes. One of those consequences was on full display Feb. 5, in the minutes after ...

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, get the latest on several lawsuits in the state including a New York doctor prescribing an abortion pill for a minor, an LSU professor being kept from teaching ...

It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

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

The Alabama Legislature has wrapped up the second week of the 2025 Legislative Session, with both the House and Senate ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...

A bill in the Alabama Legislature could soon make first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12 punishable by death.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping package of immigration laws on Thursday aimed at carrying out President Donald ...