A Louisiana judge this week set aside the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence of Jimmie Chris Duncan, whose ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been arguing ...

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now ...

Thank you for your excellent reporting on the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18 by the state of Louisiana at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I have been visiting Angola for over ...

Some criminal justice advocates argue the bill would increase the odds that innocent people stay in prison or are executed.

At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session propose changes that could affect cases moving forward amid a push to ...

Now that Arkansas has officially approved nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she's ...

This cleared the way for the state’s first execution in more than 15 years, as Jessie Hoffman was put to death on March 18 using nitrogen gas. During Donald Trump’s second presidency ...