In Louisiana, state law says the decision is up to the corrections secretary. Alabama's execution protocol says the morning ...

Families of people who died in prison fought to keep their case alive to hold both the state and the University of Alabama Birmingham accountable for retaining the organs of their loved ones without ...

The families of men who died in Alabama prisons and were returned without all of their organs sat in court Tuesday, watching as lawyers for the University of Alabama at Birmingham argued that the ...

The two-year consent decree forces the Federal Bureau of Prisons to institute widespread reforms for nearly 500 inmates formerly housed at the troubled prison.

In Louisiana, state law says the decision is up to the corrections secretary. Alabama's execution protocol says the morning of the execution, the warden or his designee should "pressurize and ...

The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

Louisiana officials have unsealed a redacted version of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, providing the ...

Brad Keith Sigmon is set to be executed by firing squad on March 7 for the 2001 beating deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke.