Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

Suge Knight agreed to a seven-figure settlement with Terry Carter's family over a 2015 fatal hit-and-run, ending a legal fight before retrial.

Hutchinson was convicted of killing his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and her three children: 9-year-old Geoffrey, 7-year-old ...

Tsarnaev’s lawyers allege two jurors were biased when they agreed to sentence him to death in June of 2015 for “using weapons ...

Eight defendants charged in multiple crimes with more than 120 combined counts for the deaths and injuries of dozens of victims appeared in court this week.

A hearing was held Thursday, April 17 in Caddo District Court for a death row inmate who is trying to appeal his sentence.

A judge temporarily paused Idaho from carrying out any executions until the state improves access so that the media can see ...

The re-sentencing trial for the two 'Xbox murderers' which will determine if they will be sentenced to death continues in Volusia County Wednesday. FOX 35's Chris Lindsay has the latest from the ...

Suge Knight agreed to a $1.5 million settlement on the eve of a retrial over claims he negligently killed a Compton dad.

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is scheduled to be executed Thursday in ...

Karmelo Anthony, 17, was arrested and charged with murder earlier this month after police allege he stabbed fellow 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during an altercation at a Texas high school track meet on ...

Darnell Jones is facing more than a dozen charges including kidnapping, rape, gross abuse of a corpse and aggravated murder.