What, exactly, is supposed to end when an execution is over? For many families of murder victims, the public language ...

Thomas McGill was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 for murdering Torrey King. Due to legal technicalities, ...

A Texas death row inmate who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son used his final moments before execution Wednesday to apologize to the woman’s surviving son — whom he stabbed 25 times ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday night for a murder he did not commit or even witness. Charles “Sonny” Burton ...