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

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

An Alabama state judge has ordered a mental health evaluation to see if a man on death row with a history of mental illness ...

Calcutta HC acquits two, spares one death row convict in 2021 Paschim Medinipur rape-murder case citing lack of evidence.

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.

Bryan Kohberger was given four life sentences today after pleading guilty to the 2022 murders of four Idaho college students. Here's the recap.

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

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting ...