Gov. calls for review after botched execution
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin named a member of her Cabinet on Wednesday to lead a review of how the state conducts executions after a botched procedure that the White House said fell short of the humane standards required.
Oklahoma inmate dies after botched execution
A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate’s eventual death from a heart attack.
Death row inmate denied post-conviction appeal
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the post-conviction arguments of death row inmate Eric Moffett.
Court: Prisoner can get workers’ comp
A former utility worker who lost his hands when he was shocked by power lines can receive workers’ compensation, even though officials argued he tried to hurt himself to avoid a homicide investigation, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled.
Miss. court denies extra compensation to ex-inmate
The state of Mississippi says Frank Sanders Tipton is due $41,097 for the 300 days he was wrongfully incarcerated in prison.
Inmate death in overheated cell probed
Investigators are probing how a mentally ill, homeless New York City veteran died last month in a jail cell that city officials told The Associated Press had overheated to at least 100 degrees, apparently because of malfunctioning equipment.
Mississippi inmate seeks access to circuit clerk records
The Mississippi Supreme Court will decide if Timothy Pryer’s efforts to gain documents related to his sexual battery conviction were illegally denied.
Cops: Cold, escaped inmate turns himself in
Just how cold is it in Kentucky? Apparently cold enough for an escaped prisoner to decide to turn himself in.
Ohio delays child killer’s execution over organ donation issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s governor delayed the execution of a condemned child killer to consider the inmate’s unprecedented organ donation request, acknowledging that it’s “uncharted
911 call that led to inmate’s arrest released
DETROIT — A man who escaped from a downtown courtroom after stabbing a sheriff’s deputy with the sharpened end of a comb was captured thanks
Officials probing inmate’s fatal beating
PEARL — An inmate fatally beat another prisoner at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, state prison officials said Monday. Mississippi Department of Corrections
Inmate: Jail won’t provide proper medical care
JACKSON — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing Monday for a paraplegic inmate who says he should be released from detention because he’s not
Noxubee Co. Community Work Center inmate caught
JACKSON — Authorities have captured a Noxubee County Community Work Center inmate who had failed to return from a weekend pass. Mississippi Department of Corrections
Constitutionality of ‘harmless error’ law raised
The Mississippi Supreme Court may decide the constitutionality of a 1994 state law that allows it to find “harmless” errors committed by juries in death penalty cases.
Appeals court reinstates prison visiting privilege
JACKSON — An appeals court has reinstated visitation privileges for the wife of a Mississippi inmate who was prohibited from visiting after a wedding ring
Mass. inmate sex-change ruling praised, condemned
A ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to an inmate is being praised by advocates as important recognition that the surgery is a legitimate treatment for gender-identity disorder, even as critics including Sen. Scott Brown call it “an outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars.”
Local woman aids in inmate escape
A Starkville woman is charged with aiding the escape of an inmate.
Convicted murderer ‘won’t be on Facebook anymore’
A convicted murder, who has had his own Facebook page, will not be “friending” anyone any more.