The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute petition from Michael King, 54, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday by lethal injection.

The Lackawanna County district attorney's office will pursue the death penalty against a man they said stabbed to death two women and injured a third woman at the Jermyn Apartments late last year in ...

Appeal documents filed in the case of Dr. Jason Scott, a veterinarian in New Mexico sanctioned for possession of banned substances, have revealed a recording that purports to demonstrate “ex parte ...

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

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-One of the country’s oldest media giants Times Group is reeling towards death bed as company keeps on losing key staff members following return of President Peter Mutharika into ...

A suspected serial arsonist was charged with murder in connection with a series of fires in Hollywood, included one that ...

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inmate Cedric Allen Ricks, 51, was put to death Wednesday, March 11, the second execution in Texas in 2026. He was convicted of ...

Cedric Allen Ricks, a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his common-law wife and child, is set to be executed tomorrow.

Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized after a fistfight near a school bus stop in her neighborhood. Villa Rica police Sgt. Spencer Crawford says ...

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton, who was set to be executed this week for a murder in which he didn't pull the trigger.