Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermon found race played a major role in the prosecution and sentencing of Hasson Bacote to the death penalty in 2009. Gov. Roy Cooper granted Bacote clemency on Dec. 31, ...

Attorneys have sent an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Florida Supreme Court rejected James D. Ford's latest attempt to stop his execution.

A Florida man is set to be executed on Thursday for the savage murders of two young parents in front of their toddler daughter, who survived.

The Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of execution or take up an appeal by James Ford. It would be the first execution ...

Linebarger was initially charged with murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.