Robert Roberson was scheduled to appear Monday before a Texas House committee after a last-ditch subpoena forestalled his ...

Oklahoma has ranked fifth among states in the number of incidents of children being paddled at school, according to a study ...

The execution stay is sparking a power struggle between a state house committee and Governor Abbott.

West Virginia ballots will include a question on prohibiting physician-assisted death, potentially adding a section to the state constitution to explicitly prohibit physicians or health care providers ...

The annual Rod of Iron Freedom Festival was as absurd as it was terrifying.

Iwao Hakamada, 88, a former boxer, was acquitted in September by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and ...

Anti-death penalty advocates, including state abolitionists, former death row inmates and allies, held a rally in Texas ...

The head of Shizuoka Prefectural Police visited the home of Iwao Hakamada, a former death row inmate over the 1966 killing of ...

A suit that alleges the Kansas death penalty is unconstitutional has been filed on behalf of a man accused of killing two Kansas City law enforcement officials.

When West Virginia voters go to the polls for the General Election, they will be asked to think about life and death. The ballot will have at the bottom Constitutional Amendment No.1: The title is ...