A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 inmates seeks to prevent them from being transferred to a notorious federal supermax prison ...

Embattled former Illinois Gov. George Ryan has died at age 91. Ryan, who served as Illinois' governor from 1999 to 2003, passed away Friday morning after spending the last few days in hospice care, ...

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death ...

Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will take place in the coming weeks as the condemned man’s ...

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

A death investigation is being conducted by the Terre Haute Police Department. On April 21, 2025, the Terre Haute Police ...

A death investigation is underway involving a resident at a Terre Haute long-term rehabilitation facility, authorities said ...

Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie will take place in the coming weeks as the condemned man’s legal team fights to delay — or stop altogether — a pending May ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...

Nathaniel Jackson, who was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of Robert Fingerhut in Howland Township had his death ...