The Justice Department has so far transferred 10 of 37 former death row inmates to the nation's 'supermax' prison, and it ...

The Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law has freed over a dozen wrongfully imprisoned individuals, many of whom were ...

Eleven states and the District of Columbia provide the option under what are known as medically assisted death or MAID laws. New York has passed one that is awaiting the governor’s signature.

North Carolina has reinstated the death penalty after a 20-year halt with Iryna's Law. Opponents of the law cite a lack of evidence that the death penalty deters crime and raise concerns about ...

Retiree with ALS urges access to medically assisted death, a choice NC lacks. House Bill 410 seeks study funding but remains stuck in Rules Committee. Advocates and opponents clash on safeguards, ...

Charlotte, N.C., is now the focus of U.S. immigration enforcement, causing chaos in the city, as well as in other parts of the state.

“There will be no firing squads in North Carolina during my time as governor,” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Oct. 3 after signing a criminal justice bill into law in response to the tragic ...

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A man in South Carolina is scheduled to be executed Friday by a firing squad, the third person to die by ...