In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

Two of the four suspects facing murder charges in the 2021 Northwest Miami-Dade club shooting that killed three people and injured 20 others won’t face the death penalty. Prosecutors in a Wednesday ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday.

Virgie Langford was ready for retirement. For five decades, the 70-year-old ran a mom-and-pop grocery store in Palmetto along Florida's Gulf Coast. The neighborhood had gotten dangerous, Langford got ...

Every year, thousands of prisoners in the U.S. are placed in solitary confinement, where they endure isolation, abuse, and mental suffering. This practice might soon become rarer for some inmates in ...

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution. A judge will hear arguments in Faulkner ...

With the 2026 legislative session concluded, hundreds of bills approved by the Virginia General Assembly are now heading to the desk of Gov. Spanberger. Virginia lawmakers wrap session with debate ...

Shirley Raines, the viral “Beauty 2 The Streetz” activist who won millions of hearts by feeding, beautifying and championing the homeless, died of hypertensive heart disease, her family confirmed ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s habeas petition and request for a stay of execution. The defendant, now 72, was convicted of murdering a 70-year-old woman in ...

A pair of pot-dealing partners were arrested Tuesday for executing one of their customers during a 2021 Queens drive-by shooting that was revenge for being robbed by the victim, the feds announced.

STARKE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida’s fourth execution of 2026 is scheduled for March 17 at Florida State Prison near Starke. Michael King is set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. He was convicted for ...

A South Carolina courtroom reached a final resolution last week as Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the death of a ten-month-old boy. The sentence, handed down by the ...