The Supreme Court seems to be in no hurry to address an issue that has irritated Republican and Democratic administrations ...

Before his execution, lawyers for Jessie Hoffman Jr., who was 18 when he was convicted of the 1996 murder of a 28-year-old ...

The Trump appointee isn’t known for siding with death row prisoners. But the reason he gave for doing so in a Louisiana case ...

The legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them: The executive shall ...

A hallmark of President Trump’s criminal trials were his unsparing attacks on the judges who oversaw them. Now, he’s going to ...

The new plan allows plaintiffs who sued Purdue to opt in to receive their settlement or reserve their right to file a civil ...

Republicans have rightfully criticized Democrats in recent years for leaning on the Supreme Court in an effort to intimidate ...

Michelino Sunseri, a bartender and sponsored professional mountain runner, broke the Grand Teton speed record. Unhappy with how Sunseri set ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution marks the first time Louisiana has used the method and is the state's first ...

The US Supreme Court cleared the way for Louisiana to execute an inmate in a way he says will violate his Buddhist beliefs.

The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday ...

A sharply divided Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt the execution of a death row inmate in Louisiana who argued that the ...