The U. S. Department of Justice announced a sweeping overhaul of federal death penalty procedures Friday, officially clearing ...

Marlys Sather walked in on a neighbor burglarizing her home on Sept. 5, 1990. The neighbor, 24-year-old Chadwick Willacy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas has executed a death row inmate who fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a fit of rage before he turned ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles “Sonny” Burton ...

The Justice Department has announced plans to expand federal execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution, and ...