A deputy warden at Nebraska’s youth prison will soon chair the state’s Board of Parole, Gov. Jim Pillen’s office announced ...

Facing increasing pressure to dissolve, the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority voted unanimously on Friday to launch ...

Oklahoma executed John Fitzgerald Hanson by lethal injection for carjacking, kidnapping, and murdering Mary Bowles. Hanson was also found guilty of killing of witness Jerald Thurman. His execution ...

The term of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles leader who has overseen and defended single-digit parole rates in recent years expires next week.

After the Supreme Court overturned Richard Glossip’s conviction, prosecutors claimed to have “a plethora of evidence,” while ...

Richard Glossip will have to wait a little longer to find out if he will go free while he awaits his third murder trial. Glossip, once Oklahoma's most high-profile death row inmate, is asking to be ...

Extensive courtroom experience, years in law enforcement, juvenile justice, public engagement will make David Prater a great judge, Edmond mayor says.

John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued ...

An Oklahoma judge has granted a temporary stay of execution to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration ...

John Fitzgerald Hanson complained in a lawsuit about his clemency hearing before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will have the final say on Jones' future. “Governor Stitt is aware of the Pardon and Parole Board’s vote today,” Stitt spokeswoman Carly Atchison said in a statement.