Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

A former Savanna police officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic ...

The author said her legislation would allow prisons to continue what they have probably been doing all along but would codify privacy and safety protections for inmates and others.

A bill that just passed the Oklahoma House floor would require convicted child sex offenders to be chemically castrated before they're eligible for parole.

George John Hanson was sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was ...

George John Hanson was transferred from a Louisiana federal prison to Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on March 1.

George John Hanson, who was serving a sentence in federal prison, was transferred back to Oklahoma late Saturday so he can be ...

Convicted murderer George John Hanson is transferred back to Oklahoma from Louisiana for death sentence execution.

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing ...

Federal prison officials transferred an inmate to Oklahoma custody so that he can be executed for a 1999 killing, following ...