Gov. Roy Cooper commutes the sentences of 15 convicted killers on death row, including three former Forsyth County residents, ...

Diversion programs have lowered the number of detainees held in the Oklahoma County jail over time, although tragedy ...

D'Shaunn Dixon was arrested and fired after the Department of Corrections and media outlets received cellphone video of the ...

Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison ...

On his final day in office Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 people on North Carolina's death ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has stepped in and made a ruling that will allow plans for a new Oklahoma County ...

Michael Alexander Ferguson (35) is accused of the murder of his grandmother Cecilia Ferguson. Cecilia was 106 years old.

Oklahoma’s death row is dwindling with each execution. No state court has imposed a death sentence since May 13, 2022, when a ...

Update: Oklahoma carried out four executions in 2024, making the state tied for third overall nationwide, behind Texas with ...

David Ware, for the slaying of a Tulsa police officer. A handful of death-penalty cases are pending, including in ...