The Supreme Court has termed as ''highly disappointing'' and ''alarming'' the pendency of over 8.82 lakh execution petitions before different courts across the country. Execution petitions are the ...

Christa Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder in Tennessee, has become the state’s only woman on death row. Nearly thirty years after the crime, the Tennessee Supreme Court has set her execution date for ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student has been executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. Charles Crawford, 59, had ...

In the wake of pressure from officials as well as legal and advocacy groups, Chief Judge Timothy Evans has enacted a general order prohibiting warrantless arrests by immigration agents in or around ...

TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual move, an inmate scheduled to be executed this month in the 1998 sexual assault and murder of a Northwest Florida woman has decided not to fight in court. During an Oct. 1 ...

With former Republican Rep. George Santos in prison, there’s an opening for the “most controversial member of Congress.” One member in particular is apparently ready to claim the mantle. NBC News ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Rep. Cory Mills listens to the proceedings in ...

A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended. On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut extended the temporary ...

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, marking the state’s 14th execution of 2025, a new record, the Associated Press reported. Smithers was ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old death row inmate for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions. Samuel Smithers was put to death by ...

A Florida judge granted a protective injunction against U.S. Rep. Cory Mills after his ex-girlfriend alleged he threatened her. Mills is also facing a House Ethics Committee investigation into his ...