Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was convicted in 2010 of killing a hot dog stand vendor using a motion-activated bomb atop a car parked at the Luxor casino
Defense argued the two performed as trained when confronted with a man who was "delusional, hallucinating, combative" and high on methamphetamine
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The indictments are the latest development in a state criminal probe that resulted in significant fallout, including the departure of the state’s corrections commissioner
In exchange with Gov. Phil Bryant, Favre suggested “the prison industry possibly as a builder" for his volleyball stadium
Two longtime jail employees alleged in sexual discrimination lawsuits they were reprimanded when they repeatedly failed to pass screening machines
A judge ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated as she OK'd the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars
Yusef Maisonet, an imam to Muslim death row inmates Dominique Ray and Nathaniel Wood, alleged that Alabama violated his rights by barring him from attending the inmates’ executions
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is barred from holding a person in the jail system’s inmate reception center for more than 24 hours
A federal lawsuit alleged that county officers and supervisors shackled the woman's wrists, ankles and waist during prenatal visits, and during labor and childbirth
While nitrogen hypoxia has been authorized by Alabama and two other states for executions, it has never been used by a state
Werner Gramajo, a senior corrections officer at Northern State Prison in Newark, smuggled cash and goods into the prison for Thomas De Vingo, a 64-year-old inmate
Lawsuit concerns how state handled rollout of letting the men and women awaiting execution know about ending their lives via nitrogen hypoxia
State argued the lawsuit by Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting in 1999, does not state a claim a judge could use to block the execution
The judge erred on instructions involving Anthony Harris’ prior criminal history, photos police used in their investigation, and who identified Harris as alleged gunman
The proposal would restrict the use of confinement to no more than 15 consecutive days and a total of 45 days in a six-month span
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