Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has scheduled the state's second execution of 2026 for February 24. Melvin Trotter was convicted of a 1986 murder and sentenced to death in 1987, then resentenced to ...

Houston — A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend ...

A Texas inmate who once escaped custody after being sentenced to death was executed by lethal injection, becoming the first person executed in the United States this year. Thompson was sentenced to ...

The man responsible for the 1998 double murder of a Houston mother and her boyfriend is scheduled for execution in Huntsville on Wednesday. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was convicted of murdering ...

The UN Human Rights Office raised alarm on Monday of a “sharp hike” in the number of executions globally in 2025. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk articulated the office’s key ...

Lee, a Utah Republican, made the statement after a court filing by Erika Kirk that asked for a speedy trial and accused Robinson's legal team of trying to delay proceedings. Senator Lee wrote in ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The murder of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim was done by the numbers, a meticulously planned job ...

Fyodor Dostoevsky -- one of the few writers to survive state terror and return with a psychology sharp enough to indict it. In the 1869 classic novel The Idiot ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday, Texas’ first execution of 2026. Thompson was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend, Dennise ...

Federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a man who DHS says was armed A federal judge in Minnesota has granted a temporary restraining order blocking federal agencies from destroying or altering ...