A judge has set a new execution date for a Texas man who had been set last year to become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken ...

According to a review by The Marshall Project, at least 34 boys who stayed at the infamous Dozier School and another 16 sent to Okeechobee — a separate boys’ school with a troubled history — ended up ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted ...

A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled execution of Byron Black.

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 32 people, including six children at a water collection ...

The drivers knew each other, and one told police they were "involved in a disturbance" at a home in Michigan City before she ...

The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 87 years ago by the federal government. The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a post-conviction rehearing appeal for death row inmate Richard Jordan. This was the latest in multiple attempts Jordan has fought his ...

Oklahoma Death Row inmate John Hanson was executed on Thursday for the 1999 kidnapping and killing of Mary Bowles.

MCALESTER, Okla. (KFOR) – The state of Oklahoma executed death row inmate John Hanson on Thursday. Officials say Hanson and an accomplice carjacked and kidnapped 77-year-old Mary Bowles in Tulsa ...

Two death row inmates were executed by a pair of southern states for their twisted murders minutes apart Tuesday evening. Anthony Wainwright was put to death in Florida and Gregory Hunt was killed ...