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When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend's parents, ...

For United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, there's a reward in introducing outsiders to someone who is kind and ...

Kansas State women's basketball center Ayoka Lee will be out for up to two weeks with a foot injury but is expected back in time for the NCAA Tournament the program announced Tuesday. Lee had been ...

Around the same time, Chol Soo Lee was being tried for a second murder in prison, which he claimed was out of self-defense. He was convicted, however, and sentenced to death. K.W. Lee’s 1978 ...

The DDS’ Mobile Licensing Issuance Unit traveled to Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto and issued more than 70 official state identification cards to qualified offenders scheduled for release within ...

LEE COUNTY, Ga. (WALB ... Following the verdict, Judge Jimmie Brown sentenced Tennille to life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years, according to the SWJC District ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A strike that paralyzed New York's prison system for three weeks ended Monday with most workers returning to their jobs and state officials firing about 2,000 holdouts who ...

The return of more than 5,000 correction officers and sergeants has still left the state prison system short-staffed. Martuscello said thousands of National Guard troops will continue to be ...

Twenty people have been charged, and the final arrest was recently made in connection with a Nevada prison brawl that left three inmates dead and five others injured. Nevada Attorney General Aaron ...

CARSON CITY (KTNV) — Over a dozen people are now facing charges after three inmates were killed in a prison brawl at Ely State Prison. The incident happened on July 30, 2024. According to the ...