Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

Some California policymakers and prison officials contend that offering more single-occupancy cells might serve the best ...

Erik Chatman, who brutally stabbed Rosellina LoBue in 1987 and saw his death sentence downgraded last year, had reached a ...

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

Call her Miss Paramore if you must, but this year, it’s all about Hayley Williams. The fierce frontwoman has detoured on her ...

Nothing could prepare witnesses for what happened inside the old gas chamber at Mississippi State Penitentiary, with ...

The gas chamber was once the primary method of execution in most US states, but this changed following the death of serial ...

Jimmy Lee Gray murdered his girlfriend and a three-year-old girl before suffering a botched gas chamber execution in ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

A 38-year-old man who was exonerated from Delaware's death row in 2017 has been sentenced in Hawaii to life in prison for federal sex trafficking charges. In addition to the life sentence, Isaiah ...

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Ocean Safety said a 7-8 foot shark and a 10 foot tiger shark were seen just before 11 a.m. 50 feet from the shore. The warning is in effect for the north and west shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu and ...