Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not kill a ...

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 ...

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

The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws ...

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 ...

He died at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, located in the eastern part of the state. Lawyers for ...

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Accused Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is willing to plead guilty in a ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...

Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a ...

An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, ...