Maximilien de Robespierreborn in Arras in 1758, was one of the main political leaders of revolutionary France: he was part ...

Humans are perhaps more alike than they are different, even when it comes to last meal requests. Here's what people on death row have asked to eat.

A 61-year-old man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a burglary and a fatal crash. The Grimes County District ...

The nearly 5,000-year-old remains of a "sacrificial ass" and three other donkeys from a faraway land have been discovered ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 87 years ago by the federal government. The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years ...