Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

Howard Walters 60, will not be eligible to be considered for parole until he serves 33-year prison sentence, Visiting Judge ...

In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

One of Miami’s most notorious gang leaders, who for more than two decades sat on Death Row after four murder convictions, not ...

A federal judge sentenced a St. Michael man to 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to child abuse, in connection with ...

A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009 ...

Kenneth Ward, 59, made his threats in July during a phone conference about a lawsuit he filed in 2015 over his involuntary ...

The profound sadness over the loss of Chesterton Middle School teacher Lauren Thompson from a Nov. 8, 2022, crash continues to haunt her family and friends.

Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...

Simon Vickers, 50, has been jailed for the murder of his 14-year-old daughter Scarlett last July. He claimed she died in a "freak accident" during a play-fight at home, but prosecutors said he stabbed ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Fort Riley man was sentenced Monday in the death of a Clearwater police officer. He and the victim’s father spoke to the judge before the sentence was handed down. Gage Kaiser ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. People held in state prison can ...