Officials in Louisiana are searching for a escaped inmate, who fled from jail after allegedly throwing a chemical substance at an officer.

A person held in the Greene County jail died after jail staff late Thursday found them in their cell with a towel around their neck, a news release from the sheriff's office states.

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled Dec. 11 execution date.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - An inmate was executed by a firing squad for the murders he committed in 2004. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, have volunteered to carry out the execution of Stephen Bryant, 44, who killed three people over the course of five days in the Midlands 21 years ago.

Gist, who was homeless, had been charged with felony indecent exposure in front of a minor, according to a Sept.. 24, 2024, warrant for arrest from the Raleigh Police Department. This is the third death at Wake County jail in the past month.

The U.S. Department of Justice said McCoy compelled victims to commit hundreds of commercial sex acts between 2019 and 2021.