A new report released Monday highlights the dozens of Ohio death penalty cases in which potentially innocent people have been sentenced to death.

This past week, Ohio Attorney general Dave Yost wrote a highly critical report on Ohio's capital punishment system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, left, traveled to the Capitol this week in support of a bill that ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is again urging state officials to resume executions, arguing that ...

A decades-long battle to exonerate Tommy Zeigler for the 1975 murders of his wife, her parents and a customer is nearly over after a Florida judge denied his latest attempt to obtain a new trial.

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends ...