A federal judge has ruled Alabama's use of nitrogen gas to carry out executions does not violate the U.S. Constitution. U.S.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday ...

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“Women wearing pants was so scandalous in certain eras that they required a legal permit to do so,” says Emily Neville. “It’s true; it’s absurd; by today’s standards, it’s hilarious.” Pants permits ...

Florida executed James Hitchcock, 70, by lethal injection on Thursday, April 30, for the 1976 rape and strangulation murder of his 13-year-old step-niece Cynthia "Cindy" Driggers. It was Florida's ...

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It has varied over the decades, as public opinion sways for and against it. Hangings were frequent in colonial times, but by the mid-1800s some states had abolished the death penalty altogether. In ...

Anesu Chipanera, Tracy Brous, Jocelyn Kerr, and Melanie Moser. Photo by Hoax Photography and Design. When you enter Very Little Theatre’s main stage auditorium to attend the current production of The ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the state Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

The Israeli Knesset approved on Monday evening a law mandating the death penalty for Palestinian detainees convicted of killings classified by Israel as “acts of terrorism.” The bill passed its second ...