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 ...

Rachel styled herself a Black civil rights activist and complained to police she’d been the victim of race-related hate ...

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

House Bill 2783 allows the appointing authorities of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust board to remove members at will.

As the new fiscal year begins, the Oklahoma County Budget Board is facing a financial crisis at the county jail, responding ...

Governor Jim Pillen has appointed Dr. Janee Pannkuk of Omaha as the new chairperson of the Nebraska Board of Parole.

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

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Six other people are scheduled to be put to death in five states during the remainder ...