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

COLUMBIA — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Oct. 14 to review the death sentence of Stephen Bryant, which could lead to a November execution for the South Carolina inmate who admitted to killing three ...

Two men were found shot to death with their hands zip-tied behind their backs near a park in Philadelphia overnight, police said. The victims — a 35-year-old from New Jersey and a still-unidentified ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Two men were killed in an execution-style shooting near Philadelphia's Pennypack Park. Police got the call to Enfield and Solly Avenues in Holmesburg just after 4 a.m. Saturday.

A series of executions are set to take place across the United States in the coming week. Roy Ward’s execution in Indiana was the first of six scheduled to be carried out in six different states over ...

CONSIDERATION. NEW TONIGHT AT 11. LAWYERS FOR THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE APPEALING A JUDGE’S RULING THAT HE IS COMPETENT TO BE EXECUTED. UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. − In the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 10, Indiana executed Roy Lee Ward via lethal injection. Ward was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of Stacy Payne, a 15-year-old ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan Figueroa / ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan Figueroa / ...

The highest criminal court in Texas on Thursday stopped plans to execute death row inmate Robert Roberson and ordered an Anderson County court to reexamine his 2003 conviction under the lens of modern ...

Robert Roberson is set to be executed on Oct. 16 after spending more than 20 years on death row Craig Barritt/Getty for Town & Country; CECILE CLOCHERET/AFP via Getty Lester Holt launched a new ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson questioned evidence about whether he shook his 2-year-old daughter to death. The state’s highest criminal court ordered a new look. By J. David Goodman Reporting from ...