A Connecticut judge on Friday dismissed criminal charges against three current and former New Haven police officers who were accused of mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – The moral divide over the death penalty played out in Florida this week in a remarkably personal and unusual display, as the state executed its first prisoner of 2026. Florida executed ...

An inmate at an Oklahoma prison was strangled to death by his cellmate while guards watched for 45 minutes. The district attorney called the death "totally avoidable" and released prison videos of the ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to relocate former death row inmates to the country's most restrictive supermax prison.

Read full article: Texas Lt. Gov. asks for pause on Camp Mystic License Renewal Houston’s waterways have been the site of over 200 bodies found since 2017, sparking public concern and speculation ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – Florida executed its first prisoner of 2026 on Tuesday evening, a man twice convicted in separate murders 12 years apart and who stabbed a robbery victim in the neck with a hunting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Idaho death row prisoner died in custody Monday evening of natural causes while at a local hospital, the state prison system ...

Idaho death row prisoner Erick Hall, convicted of two rapes and murders, died in custody. Hall’s convictions stemmed from the killings of Lynn Henneman and Cheryl Ann Hanlon. Idaho is switching from ...

Family demands answers after inmate dies at Miami-Dade prison The family of an inmate who died a so-called “unclassified death” at the Dade Correctional Institution is now speaking out as officials ...

Before Arnold died on Feb. 7, he shared a photo with his wife, Jennifer Sanderford, on Instagram Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...