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

Indiana is one of two states that doesn't guarantee the press a right to attend executions, hindering the public's right to know, the lawsuit says.

The Indiana Capital Chronicle and four other news entities filed a lawsuit Monday evening challenging the state’s prohibition ...

The Indiana Capital Chronicle and four other news entities filed a lawsuit Monday evening challenging the state’s prohibition ...

The Indiana State Parole Board will hold a clemency hearing on Monday for a man convicted of killing a Beech Grove police ...

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 ...

Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island near ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has ...