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 ...

A trail of debts that persisted during Jim Justice’s time as West Virginia’s governor has followed him to the U.S. Senate.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing ...

Governor Tony Evers signed 10 bills into law this week while vetoing nine others, addressing issues from public safety to family property transfers across Wisco ...

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed the honorable Judge Michael Davis, of Palestine, to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, Place 3, effective Nov. 1, for a term set to expire on Dec. 31, 2026, or until his ...