The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by ...

A Lancaster man was re-sentenced from death row Friday after pleading guilty to shooting and killing a hip-hop artist at a ...

Stephen Treiber, 56, was convicted and sentenced to death in the 2001 arson murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Jessica, in ...

Former death row inmate gets up to 60 years for killing rapper at 2010 concert Lancaster, PA – A man once sentenced to death for the 2010 shooting death of an aspiring hip-hop artist outside a Columbi ...

Wednesday’s scheduled execution of Stacey Ian Humphreys is on hold for now after the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles abruptly canceled a clemency hearing set for Tuesday.

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...

Florida has executed two women in its history, including the infamous serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Sixteen women have been sentenced to death in Florida, but most had their sentences commuted or ...

The order, which was issued Wednesday night by U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May, paves the way for Georgia to execute Humphreys next week.

Ahead of his execution, Humphreys, 52, requested a gluttonous spread chock full of southern classics with a dash of fast-food for his final meal — which went viral online.

Despite being incarcerated, Knight has continued to remain in the public sphere. In October 2023, Knight started a podcast ...