Rep. Matt Simpson (R-District 96) has prefiled house bill 20, which calls for an expansion of possible capital punishment ...

Rep. Matt Simpson says part of the reason behind the bill was a deadly shooting at the Saenger Theatre in June during a ...

Kevin Hines, a contractor maintaining postal machines, was killed during his first shift at a Missouri City USPS facility.

Rethinking the death penalty dilemma in Nigeria By Judiciary Reporters (NAN) With hundreds of inmates languishing on death ...

Two men accused of homicide in Pennsylvania are asking the state Supreme Court to limit a prosecutor's use of the death ...

A Volusia Circuit judge continued to hear from lawyers of the already-convicted Deltona Xbox murderers before deciding on ...

Speculation around Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s political future continues to grow with recent high-profile features.

Amid state plans to execute convicted killer Ralph Menzies, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, "There are probably circumstances" ...

INDIANA – Indiana is set to execute Roy Lee Ward on October 10th for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.

A team of defense attorneys on Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason ...