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

Convicted murderer Edward Zakrzewski is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution. Zakrzewski's lawyers are ...

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

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

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

On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde supersonic jet crashed on takeoff from Paris, killing 113 people, including four on ...

At yearend, a total of 26 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) held 2,192 prisoners under sentence of death, which was 73 (3%) fewer than at yearend 2022. Five states and FBOP received a ...

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

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

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

Two men, who are accused of homicide and are facing a potential death sentence, have asked Pennsylvania’s highest court to ...