Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death ...

Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...

New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother, a retired investigative journalist in San Diego, will release an updated ...

Federal prosecutors alleged Ronaldo Ayala, reputed to be a powerful member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, conspired with ...

This Five-for-Five focuses on the GBV experiences of women on death row. However, people of all genders can and do experience GBV. GBV is preventable. It is easy to imagine the missed opportunities ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The recently formed Institute on the Catechism will carry out the U.S. bishops’ vision of the importance of “connecting evangelization and catechesis,” according to Father ...

A teenager who stabbed a schoolgirl to death in a row over a teddy bear has been found guilty of murder. Hassan Sentamu, 18, admitted to manslaughter after stabbing Elianne Andam, 15, in the neck ...

Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to withdraw the federal government’s lethal injection protocol on the ...

Police are investigating a suspicious death on San Salvador. According to reports, on Tuesday night, a 49-year-old man was found unresponsive at a home in Long Bay. He was taken to the clinic in a ...

The death row prisoners in Central Jail Hyderabad are encountering mental health issues which necessitate improved healthcare services for them in the prison, Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC ...

He received a death sentence and remained on death row until 2020, when the legislature abolished capital punishment and Gov. Jared Polis commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Although another ...

Brooks lost his media center privileges along with his editor position at the San Quentin News over a prison rule violation for which he was later cleared. However, his privileges remain revoked.