A Florida man is scheduled for execution next month after his conviction in the killing of his cousin's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. James Hitchcock appears in Florida prison mug shots ...

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women linked to anti-regime protests after he urged their release a day earlier. "Very good news! I have just been informed ...

Iran's judiciary denied reports that eight women arrested in protests face execution risk Rights groups say at least one woman sentenced to death, another faces capital charges Trump urged Iran to ...

An upcoming execution in Texas has gained the attention of prominent rappers like Travis Scott and T.I. for the questions it raises about the place rap lyrics have in the courtroom and how justice is ...

The state of Texas is set to move forward with the execution of James Garfield Broadnax on Thursday, nearly two decades after a double murder unfolded in North Texas. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

About a week before she was murdered, Marlys Mae Sather spent one last joyful day with her loved ones. It was her son John's 32nd birthday and the family had gathered at his Orlando-area home. The ...

Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder outside a music studio in ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

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