DeSantis said he thinks the death penalty could be a "strong deterrent" if sentences were more quickly carried out.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has picked up the pace of executions after a more gradual approach to the death penalty early in his tenure ...

Republicans on the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee move Gov. Spencer Cox's nominee to the Utah Supreme Court to the ...

The Justice Department is dispatching federal monitors to polling locations in New Jersey and California, two Democratic states with crucial off-year elections on Tuesday.

State Attorney Monique Worrell highlighted staffing and funding challenges, and renewed calls for legislative changes to ...

David Wecht, one of three Democratic justices facing up-or-down retention votes Tuesday, told NBC News that "it's extremely ...

Gov. Greg Abbott appoints Michael Davis as a justice for the 12th Court of Appeals, succeeding Justice Greg Neeley on ...

In Wisconsin, the last time there was a commutation — a reduction of a criminal sentence by the governor’s authority to grant ...

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Kyle Hawkins to the state's highest court after a former justice said he wasn't seeking reelection ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) submitted a court filing on Tuesday opposing President Donald Trump’s attempt to obtain ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Gov. Jim Pillen is holding a news conference Monday afternoon to announce an appointment. The governor ...

Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman recalled a few pearls of wisdom she leaned on while ascending in her history-making role as the first woman appointed to the Nebraska Supreme Court. One guiding principle ...