The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car.

Amber Dawn Matthews was shot twice in the head defending her friend’s infants during a break in. On Feb. 5, her killer ...

Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death ...