Keri Blakinger’s ’14 journalistic work covering death row inmates has earned her an Oscar nomination as a producer for the documentary I Am Ready, Warden.

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Governor Landry established protocols to use nitrogen gas to carry out the death ...

When Kim Kardashian appealed last year to her 350 million-plus Instagram followers on behalf of condemned killer Ivan Cantu, she pleaded with them to sign a petition demanding the Collin County, Texas ...

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

The film follows the weeklong sentencing trial of former Marine Patrick McDowell for the murder of Nassau County Deputy ...

Richard Lee Tabler pleaded for forgiveness in his final moments and told of his 'regret' about his crimes before he was ...

This year's nominees examine the aftermaths of gun violence and two female musicians — one a trailblazer and the other just ...