A Dadeville jury sentences Derek Hightower of Columbus, Georgia, to death for the brutal murders of Willie and Barbara ...

A court in China has sentenced a teen boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate, capping a case that sparked debate ...

The pope, civil liberties group support decision, while some Republican congressmen among those angry at the choice ...

The high court also noted that the trial court’s verdict ignored crucial legal frameworks and relied on inconsistencies in the timeline of the murder to justify the reduced sentence. Justice ...

There was a new district attorney in town, Jose Garza, whose office offered them a deal: plead guilty to a reduced charge of murder, avoid a possible death sentence and serve just 35 years.

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s taking 37 people off federal death row resulted in praise from some families and ...