A Connecticut judge on Friday dismissed criminal charges against three current and former New Haven police officers who were accused of mistreating prisoner Richard “Randy” Cox after he was paralyzed ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – The moral divide over the death penalty played out in Florida this week in a remarkably personal and unusual display, as the state executed its first prisoner of 2026. Florida executed ...

An inmate at an Oklahoma prison was strangled to death by his cellmate while guards watched for 45 minutes. The district attorney called the death "totally avoidable" and released prison videos of the ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plans to relocate former death row inmates to the country's most restrictive supermax prison.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Idaho death row prisoner died in custody Monday evening of natural causes while at a local hospital, the state prison system ...

Idaho death row prisoner Erick Hall, convicted of two rapes and murders, died in custody. Hall’s convictions stemmed from the killings of Lynn Henneman and Cheryl Ann Hanlon. Idaho is switching from ...

Four inmates have been charged with murder in the death of a fellow prisoner in Beaumont. Federal prosecutors say the killing followed an altercation at a Texas prison in November 2025. The suspects ...

Before Arnold died on Feb. 7, he shared a photo with his wife, Jennifer Sanderford, on Instagram Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

Brad Arnold, the lead vocalist of the rock band 3 Doors Down, died at the age of 47, the band announced on February 7, 2026. Arnold had been battling cancer. As his industry peers and fans grieve his ...

Democrats’ hopes of redistricting Virginia’s House seats to be more favorable to the party in the upcoming midterms hit a legal roadblock. Indiana rebuts Trump-led pressure, scrambling ...