Jimmie Christian Duncan has spent over 26 years on death row at Louisiana’s Angola prison for the rape and murder of his ...

In the early-morning twilight on a cool Friday in April, a half dozen people gathered in a small parking lot in the San Diego ...

The clock neared midnight on Monday, April 7, the final day of Maryland’s 2025 legislative session, and immigrant rights ...

A bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations of deaths on his watch.

Michigan’s supreme court created new protections against life sentences for people up to 20, pushing the line for who gets ...

After North Carolina's previous governor granted clemency to people sentenced to life in prison as minors, others with ...

Don’t miss a record-breaking supreme court race, mayoral contests all over the map, congressional special elections in Florida, and more. Also on the menu in April: There are several mayoral contests ...

Frustrated by slowing mail delivery, particularly in rural areas, the Kansas legislature in 2017 passed a law to let elections officials count mail ballots that arrived after Election Day, for up to ...

On a Saturday in March, approximately 60 teenagers sat in a movie theater at CityPlex12 in Newark, New Jersey eating popcorn and drinking fountain sodas. A DJ played songs by Mary J. Blige and André ...