At least one of the five members of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles may need to be temporarily replaced in the case ...

Clemency, the power granted to the governor of a state to reduce or commute a criminal sentence, is a complex legal process that often comes into focus during high-profile capital punishment cases. In ...

Stacey Humphreys​, 52, was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in the 2003 shooting deaths of Cyndi Williams, 33, and ...

Tennessee's corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year, signaling a possible end to a yearslong pause due to ...

At least three bills in the 2025 legislative session that began Monday touch on capital punishment, aiming to refine processes amid a press by Louisiana officials to carry out more death sentences.