A federal appeals court in New Orleans has paused a judge's decision to reopen the execution protocol challenge for death row ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents has chosen to be put to death by firing squad early ...

On Feb. 25, 2005, authorities arrested Dennis Rader, a municipal employee and church leader, for the so-called BTK (blind, ...

A 19-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with the armed carjacking of a woman on the city’s Southwest Side.

Local and federal authorities are saying they thwarted a mass casualty attack Monday morning with the arrest of a 21-year-old ...

A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was scheduled for his execution ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill asked a federal appeals court to halt a district judge's decision to reopen a case ...

San Jose's police chief said a 13-year-old from Campbell was the one who "brutally stabbed" the 15-year-old on Valentine's ...

Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in ...

Reality TV star and business mogul Kim Kardashian is facing a lawsuit over allegations that she falsely identified a New York ...

Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...

A DeSoto Parish man who tortured and killed his stepson more than 30 years ago has died while on death row. Christopher ...