The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution, putting a decisive end to a ...

Herman Lindsey speaks about his experience on death row for the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty's annual meeting ...

There is no need for new legislation to create the special court that former president Rodrigo Duterte wished would handle ...

A drone kills two paramedics in Lebanon’s Nabatieh as outrage pours in after 12 rescuers died in an Israeli attack.

The BBC show, an adaptation of the mega-selling series of novels by the late Hilary Mantel, is at times gruesome as it ...

State lawmakers had stopped Robert Roberson’s execution at the last minute in an unusual legal maneuver.

INDIANAPOLIS — Faith and community leaders will gather at the Statehouse Sunday to urge Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to not restart executions in the state. It comes as a Fort Wayne man is set to be the ...

The Texas Supreme Court is a civil court jurisdiction and does not rule on criminal cases. So Friday's ruling was only on the subpoena power of the legislature and does not address the merits of ...

A private-sector panel made up of academics, legislators and other experts has called for a fundamental review of the problem ...