Hector Sagastume Rivas is now charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, rape, aggravated sexual battery ...

Saritha Ramaraju has been charged with special circumstances murder, and prosecutors say she could be eligible for the death ...

It was an all too familiar scene in Starke during the March 20 execution of Eddie James. Two groups trying to make sense of ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman wants us to believe that his decision to resume seeking the death penalty ...

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club's president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has reversed a ban on seeking the death penalty, allowing county prosecutors to ...

In a reversal of Los Angeles County’s stance on capital punishment, recently elected District Attorney Nathan Hochman ...

Capital punishment will be sought only in “exceedingly rare cases” after detailed review and consultation with crime victims.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today his office will seek the death penalty only in ...

"It took him a total of 13 minutes to die, and it took him a total of two minutes to kill my best friend," a woman who survived the home invasion and robbery said.

Effective immediately, Nathan Hochman is rescinding the prior administration’s policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death penalty.