This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle February 3, ...

Before that, the law was broadly applied by DOC and former Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office to shield details about how the state ...

Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...

Faith leaders and a bipartisan group of lawmakers gathered Monday at the Statehouse to rally support for a measure to repeal ...

Two mass clemency decisions contributed. But more prisoners leave death row after courts overturn their sentences. As a ...

A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana's death penalty, arguing that the state's ...

Indiana lawmakers call for an end to the death penalty with House Bill 1030, citing concerns of wrongful convictions and execution of innocent people.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...

The state of Alabama urged a federal judge Tuesday to allow the nation’s fourth execution with nitrogen gas to proceed next ...

Rejon Taylor told Newsweek that he had received notice he would be transferred to ADX Florence, a "supermax" facility known for its harsh conditions.

Iouri Mikhel filed a petition seeking to block his sentence from being commuted from death to life imprisonment without ...

Indonesia has signed a deal to send home an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses. Serge Atlaoui, 61, has ...