A prisoner died after jumping from the roof of a three-storey building within jail grounds. James Prosser was less than two years into a six-year sentence for arson at Verne Prison in Dorset.

Donald Trump hit out on Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the US president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the ...

In this case, the reduction is to serving out life in prison rather than the prospect of being put to death. Roof, Tsarnaev and Bowers could still be executed.

A federal jury sentenced Mr. Roof to death in 2017. He had admitted his guilt and offered to plead guilty in exchange for a sentence of life in prison. The Justice Department sought the death ...