Two death row inmates are scheduled to be put to death on the same day in Florida — the first double execution in the state ...

When Laci Peterson was found brutally murdered at eight months pregnant in 2002, her husband Scott Peterson was the primary suspect. Two years later, Scott was convicted of murdering his wife and ...

Florida has executed the oldest prisoner in its history, the latest in a spate of capital punishments against elderly ...

Members of three parliamentary committees in Lebanon jointly approved a draft law abolishing the death penalty on July 9, ...

Florida is set to execute a 74-year-old man, its oldest inmate in over a century, just weeks after executing another inmate ...

Some death row inmates have been there for decades, and appeals can go on for years. It's part of the legal process, and here ...

Ike Martin is always happy to be playing in the Bloomington City Golf Tournament when it rolls around each summer, as it has ...

Andy Burnham has said he is yet to choose his chancellor before becoming, as is widely expected, the next prime minister. He also wants a "complete rethink" on welfare - so what is his benefits plan?

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The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than their male counterparts.

A man removed from death row in 2021 after reaching a new deal with Nashville District Attorney's Office has died. Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman died in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution early on June 21, ...

Dusty Ray Spencer, the oldest inmate sentenced to die in Florida's modern history, is set to be executed later today. Spencer, now 74, was convicted of killing his wife, Karen, 34 years ago in Orange ...