The highest court in the land has refused to hear the appeal of a Tippah County man who has been a 30-year-resident of ...

The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear an appeal from Illinois Rep. Mike Bost who wants to challenge the state’s ...

Attorneys for Richard Gerald Jordan have asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution. Will they grant it in time?

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Attorney General Lynn Fitch is again asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to set an execution date ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court received a renewed motion from Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.), seeking an execution date for a man on death row. On June 2, the ...

"His life is worth saving," supporters of Richard Jordan say. They are asking Mississippi to stop plans to execute the ...

Advocates who oppose the death penalty and are organizing to halt further executions in the state stood outside the ...

Advocates gathered in front of the Mississippi Supreme Court to emphasize the potential of redemption within our prison ...

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the execution of Richard Gerald Jordan. May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025 ...

Republican-led states expand paid parental leave for state workers amid economic pressures and conservative priorities, ...

Since Dobbs, the rhetoric around personhood has become much more extreme—for example, so-called abortion abolitionists ...

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