WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...

This story contains details of a violent crime that some readers may find disturbing. A Florida man who stabbed a stay-at-home mom to death and later orchestrated a daring jailbreak is set to become ...

Washington — President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices convene to hear a case ...

President Donald Trump’s lawyer argued on Monday for far-reaching power that would go well beyond his ability to fire officials at the Federal Trade Commission and other independent agencies. Liberal ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection on Dec. 11. Nichols, 64, sentenced to death for the brutal beating and rape of 20-year-old Karen Pulley in 1988, spoke ...

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday evening, the 26th person put to death in the ...

Florida pushed the nationwide tally for executions to its highest level in 15 years despite an ongoing decline in the use of capital punishment in the United States, according to a new report on 2025 ...

Florida is set to execute Frank Athen Walls, which will be the 19th execution in the state this year. This number shatters Florida's previous record of eight executions in a single year. Under Gov.

Karen Pulley, 20, was brutally beaten and raped in the home she shared with two other women on Sept. 30, 1988. During a three month period spanning the end of 1988 and beginning of 1989, Nichols raped ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade. The number of death row inmates executed across the U.S. spiked dramatically ...

While carrying out someone's final wishes can be challenging, there's a proper way to manage these important duties and be viewed as a 'good' executor.