Defense attorneys argue it would be "unheard of in both this state and the nation" for executions to be scheduled before an inmate exhausts all appeals.

The Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murril’s office announced on Monday that it will lead the prosecution in the ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the ...

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

SHREVEPORT, La. – A second motion has been filed in Caddo District Court seeking an execution date for a death row inmate.

The indictment from the grand jury alleges that five officers including the police chief of the Hanceville Police Department tampered with physical evidence, sold and distributed illegal drugs and ...

On Dec. 8, 2003, a conflict in Abbeville, South Carolina, over 20 feet of land turned deadly. Steven Bixby ambushed and killed Abbeville County sheriff’s Sgt. Danny Wilson and state constable Donnie ...

23-year-old Emile Graham is one of several people still hospitalized ...