Kenneth J. Ward, Jr. admitted to threatening to kill a U.S. District Judge and faces up to 10 years in prison.
David Duncan, a meticulous retired judge, led an inquest into Arizona's execution protocols -- until it was subverted by ...
On Friday, a Johnston County judge found that race played a significant role in the death penalty trial of Hasson Bacote, ...
Supporters of Sandra Birchmore — whose 2021 death was originally declared a suicide, before a former Stoughton police officer ...
A judge dismissed Tarrant County and six other defendants from a civil suit over the death of an inmate at the Tarrant County ...
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.
In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...
Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...
An inmate at Auburn Correctional Facility admitted Tuesday to sending a letter threatening to kill two New York judges, federal prosecutors reported. Christopher McCarty, 33, mailed the letter to Gov.