An investigation of a death row inmate found text messages on a contraband cellphone that showed he ordered an inmate beaten last year and insisted it be recorded, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board ...

A man in his 40s, charged with leaving a newborn infant under one month old in the trunk of a car, causing the baby’s death from hypothermia, and abandoning the body in a grove, was acquitted of all ...

A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing a man and writing a message to investigators with the victim's blood more than 20 years ago elected on Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen ...