In an unusual case, death row inmate Richard Glossip was backed by the state's Republican attorney general, who agreed the ...

Richard Glossip’s case became a focal point in the national debate over the death penalty, which critics say is unjust or ...

The Supreme Court gave an Oklahoma death row inmate a new chance in the high-profile 1997 murder case. Clarence Thomas and ...

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...

The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill asked a federal appeals court to halt a district judge's decision to reopen a case ...

Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row since 1998, will be removed from potential execution and face a ...

Ivan Cantu accuses Kim Kardashian of libel and invasion of privacy after she used his photo to advocate for another Ivan ...

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JACKSON – Attorneys for death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford want the state’s highest court to hear oral arguments in the latest appeal of his 30-year-old capital murder conviction and death sentence ...