L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a ...

Paul Scott, who murdered Boca Raton florist James Alessi, was sentenced to death in 1979. He has survived five death warrants ...

An Upstate death row inmate who killed two law enforcement officers is expected to appear in court on Friday after his ...

Mikal Mahdi’s execution came about a month after the first person in state history was killed in such a manner. Before that, ...

Why a death row inmate is requesting execution by firing squad. The death penalty is back in the national conversation as several states are reverting to older and less commonly u ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row, has died, ...

Steven Bixby, facing execution in the killing of two Abbeville County law enforcement officers in 2007, will have a hearing ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Upstate death row inmate who killed two law enforcement officers appeared in court on Friday after his execution was put on pause in 2024. Back in 2003 ...

Pooler shot him in the back then went after Wright, who had fled into the backyard. He sprayed her with bullets. Pooler, 77, has been on death row for 29 years. Ronald Knight lured Richard Kunkel ...