The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

The other states with scheduled executions this year are Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, though Ohio’s governor has been routinely postponing the actions as their dates near. The most recent U.S. execution ...

This comes after a day after TDCJ spokesperson Hannah Haney confirmed that the prison, located in Anderson County, has been ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in ...

Emil Bove was Donald Trump's attorney during Trump's hush money trial in New York. He is now acting deputy attorney general. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Danielle Sassoon can’t be ...

Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday criticized the Justice Department's evolving position that a presidential pardon for a Kentucky man who stormed the Capitol also covers his conviction ...

In a bipartisan vote, Texas senators have overwhelmingly approved placing an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot in hopes that despite previous failures, this year’s House members will ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would dismiss a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which the rocket company had been accused of discriminating against people based on their ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A grand jury has called for the Hanceville Police Department to be abolished, calling it “more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency” following the ...

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The passage of a cold front will make it cooler, but temperatures will still be above normal on Tuesday. (WDIV) ...