Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy, prompting new pushes for public oversight

From public hangings in the town square to lethal injections witnessed by journalists, executions historically have mostly been carried out with at least some public scrutiny. Indiana was expected to again diverge from that tradition Wednesday, until state prison officials granted Joseph Corcoran...

Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death early Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST...

Man convicted of 1997 quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana’s 1st execution in 15 years

Verdicts are due in the historic French rape trial that turned Gisèle Pelicot into a feminist hero

AVIGNON, France (AP) — French judges plan to deliver hugely anticipated verdicts this week in a historic drugging-and-rape trial that has turned the victim, Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero. Everything about the trial in the southern French city of Avignon has been...

US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct. ...

Megan Thee Stallion seeks restraining order, says imprisoned Tory Lanez continues to harass her

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Thee Stallion asked a court on Tuesday to issue a restraining order against Tory Lanez, who she says is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-year sentence for shooting her in the feet. The petition filed by the hip-hop star in Los...

Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad returns home

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home early Wednesday after longstanding requests from her home country. Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso had spent almost 15 years in prison for...

Man who killed brother and 3 others set to be put to death in Indiana's first execution in 15 years

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other men was set to receive a lethal injection by early Wednesday in the state's first execution in 15 years, without any independent witness present under the state's laws shielding information...

Rayful Edmond, notorious DC drug kingpin, dies in federal custody at 60

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rayful Edmond, a drug kingpin once believed to control about a third of the cocaine trade in the nation’s capital during the crack epidemic of the 1980s, has died in federal custody, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Tuesday. Edmond, 60, was known at the height of...

Couple drops lawsuit that led to Alabama frozen embryo ruling

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that led the Alabama Supreme Court to rule that frozen embryos are “extrauterine children,” a decision that drew national attention and temporarily halted in vitro fertilization services in the state. ...