Scott Schwebke is an investigative reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., he was previously a breaking news and multimedia ...

While North Carolina hasn’t carried out an execution since 2006, the bill would legalize additional ways to carry out the ...

House Bill 270, which received preliminary approval this week by the House Judiciary Committee, would allow the inmate 14 days to choose their method of death. If the inmate failed to meet that ...

A new bill in North Carolina could reshape how the state conducts executions, broadening the available methods and modifying procedures around inmate decision-making. House Bill 270, introduced by a ...

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three ...

A bill advancing in the state legislature Tuesday would allow people sentenced to death in North Carolina to choose between ...

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

Son fights for his mother after Cobb County Sheriff says deceased inmate was homeless and didn't have family in the area.

It's the first death penalty case the Department of Justice is tying to President Trump's Day One executive order restoring ...

Death row meals have long been a grim fascination ... Her reasons for this choice are unclear, but the North Carolina prison in which she served her sentence granted her the items.

Locklear’s death prompted the sheriff’s office to ask the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent investigation. An autopsy will be conducted by the North ...

Locklear’s death prompted the sheriff’s office to ask the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent investigation. An autopsy will be conducted by the North ...