There are 21 states in the U.S. that employ the death penalty. In the view of New Orleanian Sister Helen Prejean, that’s 21 ...

The Supreme Court appears likely to give Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip another shot in court at overturning his conviction for lack of a fair trial.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that has produced a rare alliance in which lawyers for ...

Oklahoma, with the highest per capita execution rate, asked the Supreme Court to give a convicted murderer on death row a new ...

They were dominated, though, by two justices on clear opposite sides of the case: Justice Clarence Thomas, a staunch ...

At issue is whether the state court wrongly refused to accept the attorney general’s findings that a death row inmate is ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he believes the court will rule in favor of vacating Richard Glossips’ ...

The Supreme Court was divided over the case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who is seeking a new trial after ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the decision to potentially order a new trial for Richard Glossip, a death row inmate ...

In a high-profile death penalty case, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to throw out the murder conviction of an Oklahoma ...

"Attorney General Drummond reached the conclusion, regretfully, but reached the conclusion that our prosecutors elicited ...