Eleven states executed 47 people in 2025, the highest number since 2009.
Khalil Bryan was released from the Orleans Justice Center due to a "human error," when he was confused with an individual with a similar last name, authorities said.
The former Arkansas police chief who escaped prison while serving a 30-year sentence for murder and rape has been recaptured after nearly two weeks on the run, authorities said.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman spoke out the day after a judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Rapper Tory Lanez was reportedly stabbed by a fellow inmate Monday and hospitalized in unknown condition.
A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay Area leaders and even a former Alcatraz inmate. "I think it's one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard in my life," said one visitor from Washington state.