A former music producer convicted of statutory rape and sexual battery by an authority figure was sentenced to more than 40 years in the Tennessee State Department of Corrections Wednesday.

House Joint Resolution 318 urges Gov. Bill Lee and the State Capitol Commission to name a new entrance to Motlow Tunnel ...

Members of the Chickamauga Nation posted signs Wednesday morning at the proposed new state prison site in Franklin County ...

A bill making it a crime to harbor or hide individuals without lawful immigration status cleared a Tennessee house ...

Federal and state authorities continue to apprehend violent illegal foreign nationals in Tennessee, including members of the ...

The Trump administration says the group should be treated as an invading force. Critics say it’s a pretext for the ...

A lawsuit was filed Friday by nine death row inmates against the state of Tennessee regarding plans for their executions.

State lawmakers have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at restricting bail for individuals accused of the most violent crimes.

Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years. Since the ...

The suit claims the state’s lethal injection protocol constitutes violations of the state and federal constitutions.

Scott Peterson was attacked in prison by fellow California murderer Charles Miles, corrections officials said. Peterson was ...

“This culture of noncompliance, when combined with the risk-prone nature of pentobarbital poisoning as a method of execution, ...