If Letelier’s murder was less impressive, it nevertheless shared what Simon Ball calls “the four common elements of assassination”: the procurer (the Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet), the ...

Editor's note: This database contains descriptions of violent crimes. There are 113 people sitting on Ohio's death row. Some were sentenced to death decades ago, for murders committed in the 1980s and ...

Secretary of State Steve Simon assures voters that the ongoing federal shutdown will have minimal effects on the state's elections. Residents will be voting on a range of races, including school board ...

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The application of Ohio's death penalty varies significantly by county, influenced by the views of elected prosecutors. Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties have historically sent the most people to death ...

Once you die, if you had a prepaid funeral contract or had put your choices in writing, then your wishes must be followed. D-Keine / Getty Images In Plato’s Phaedo, Socrates argues about what happens ...

Charles Murray’s discussion of terminal lucidity resonated with me (“Can Science Reckon With the Human Soul?,” Houses of Worship, Oct. 17). My wife, Linda, had stopped communicating verbally for a day ...

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Oct 22, 2017; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin (22) against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports Former Tampa ...