According to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks executions around the U.S., COVID-19 killed more death row inmates than the state has executed over the past three decades.

LOS ANGELES – A 45-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles was identified Thursday. Los Angeles Police Department officers were dispatched at about 9 p ...

Nathan Hochman speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles on March 10, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/AP. Hochman said that under the new death penalty policy, defense attorneys will be allowed to ...

Following a happenstance case break, detectives in Southern California found the person responsible for an unsolved 1986 homicide of a 19-year-old woman – a serial killer already on death row ...

Serial killer Richard Ramirez died 12 years ago on June 7, 2013. Here's everything to know about how Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the so-called "Night Stalker," died after being sentenced to death.