...death, convicted killer Napoleon Beazley was writing a letter in a tiny cell within sight of the death chamber when a prison chaplain told him he had won a reprieve. Beazley smiled and gave himself time to let the moment sink in. "I want to comprehend...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The first Wiccan minister to serve as a Wisconsin prison chaplain says her job is to work with prisoners and volunteers of all faiths, not to convert people to witchcraft. "The minute I walk...

...completing seminary studies through correspondence courses. He has since been assisting the Rev. Dennis Bryan, the prison chaplain, with communion and other services. Deputy Warden Tim Hatch said the prison tries to provide all the needed religious...

...m. in a call from a friend of his. She said Breann Raeker, the mother of his two children, found out from a prison chaplain and had the friend call her. "It's been a very horrendous three months," she said. "I talked to my son on...