'Somebody's got to pay': Family seeks accountability after jail overdose death
According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the county jails have seen 224 overdoses between 2021 and 2024. At least three people have died as a result.
Bruce Ward, longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, dies from natural causes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Bruce Earl Ward, the longest-serving inmate on death row in Arkansas, died on April 1 from natural causes ...
Ohio lawmakers push to revive executions through state budget bill
Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by compelling state prison officials to seek federal help with obtaining long-sought lethal-injection drugs. The state ...
‘The killers got a year older.’ Ohio Attorney General Yost renews push to restart executions
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to get executions of inmates sentenced to death, restarted in Ohio. The push ...
Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...
Longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row dies from natural causes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, has died ...
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Ohio AG, Trumbull Prosecutor decry ‘stalled’ death penalty system
The American Civil Liberties Union has called for the abolition of the death penalty. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis ...
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AG Yost wants to resume state executions
Capital Crimes Report from the office of Attorney General Dave Yost highlights the lack of change in the capital punishment system for the past six years ...