Prosecutor Nathan Hochman is playing politics by floating the death penalty for the murders of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a ...

Louisiana prosecutors are seeking to reinstate the overturned conviction and death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, despite the ...

SCOLA refused AG Murrill’s request to return a convicted killer to death row, but her plans to challenge a SCOTUS precedent ...

That Biden commuted those federal sentences at all was somewhat surprising. He had campaigned on ending the death penalty, but once in office he sat on the issue, only turning to it a month after ...

The Louisiana State Supreme Court rejected a motion to reinstate the death penalty for a man who killed an LSU student.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman reinstated the death penalty as an option for “exceedingly rare cases” earlier this year.

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Now it’s up to the Attorney General to decide whether Louisiana will take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the ...

The murder of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, on Dec. 14 was an unspeakable tragedy. They died from what the ...

As Indiana lawmakers prepare to reconvene in January for a shortened 2026 legislative session, multiple Republican ...