I can’t think of anybody else I’d rather have doing this case,” another longtime county prosecutor and friend to Bill ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Carlos Tito Caban, 51, has been indicted for the murder of a woman in a Port St. Lucie hotel, with state attorneys pushing ...

Michael Wayne Jones, a Marion County man convicted of murdering his wife and four children, will be put to death after the ...

Kendall Rucker’s attorney called witnesses to testify about his intellectual disabilities that he claims should bar the death ...

A psychologist testified Thursday in Morgan County Circuit Court that murder suspect Kendall Rashaid Rucker has a mild intellectual disability, a key factor the court must consider in determining ...

Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by dementia, is reason to reconsider his punishment.

Lawmakers are examining President Lai Ching-te's latest nominees for Taiwan's top court. First, they grilled prosecutor Tsai ...

While the global trend toward abolishing the death penalty continues, the number of executions worldwide rose in 2024.

The bill is now meant to give more protections to federal officers, judges and federally funded public safety officers, who ...

Tan Leng Chong was arrested in Thailand on July 5 and handed over to the CNB on July 9. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

CATLETTSBURG Judge John Vincent heard motions from both the Commonwealth and the defense Thursday afternoon involving a ...