James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.

A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for ...

Florida may soon expand its approved methods of execution to include firing squads and nitrogen gas, following a wave of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by compelling state prison ...

Bruce Ward was among eight inmates Arkansas planned to execute in 2017, but his execution and three others were halted by the ...

Mark Melton’s work defending tenants against illegal evictions was valuable and cost-efficient, but it has upset the wrong ...

Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s ...

Michael Tanzi, convicted nearly 25 years ago for the murder of Janet Acosta, a Miami Herald employee, is slated for execution ...