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A South Carolina man convicted of murder who is expected to be executed in early January, has released a four-page letter ...

Tarrant County now leads Dallas County in the number of people awaiting execution, according to state prison data and court ...

Wife of murder victim Jon Johnson, Karen Johnson, hugs jury member Fred Young on May 12, 2010, outside the Sacramento ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Gov. Eric Holcomb wants the people of Michigan City, and their elected representatives, to decide how to repurpose the Indiana State Prison property once the Department of ...

Richard Ramirez, the serial killer who was sentenced to death following his heinous crimes in California, died while on death row in 2013. He was 53.

Kevin Brian Dowling, who was found guilty of the 1997 murder of Jennifer Myers, will not see the death penalty anytime soon.

A California judge denies a petition for release or retrial but the legal team vows to continue to fight the conviction ...

"A few days before his execution, Brandon’s family visited him for the last time. After the visit, Brandon told me there was ...

Shakoor spent 15 years in prison where he learned to love cooking. He turned the passion into a career after his release ...

During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump leaned heavily into nativist attacks on immigrants that portrayed them as ...