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Unlike other recent commutation hearings, it’s not likely that the state parole board will hear directly from the death row ...
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole is granting a commutation hearing to convicted murderer Ralph Menzies, who is scheduled ...
This story was updated following the execution. COLUMBIA — Inmate Stephen Stanko, who was sentenced to death twice in separate cases, was executed Friday by lethal injection. The 57-year-old was ...
Florida has executed more inmates this year than any other state and is well on track to outpace Texas for the first time ...
The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal meals, TV time, prayer circles and - for the first time in decades - direct ...
An underground community helps inmates' writings reach the blogosphere. Sept. 13, 2011 — -- Nearly two decades ago, Dina Milito was the victim of a violent crime that forced her to change her ...