Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing Louisiana to resume executing death row prisoners, with the state potentially carrying out its first executions since 2010 next month with nitrogen gas on the table. A pair ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court drew a line in the sand regarding the death penalty. In Atkins v. Virginia, the court ...
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Carlton Fisk is all smiles as he ...
Turkish President Erdogan meets Jean-Claude Juncker. PAimages/Virginia Mayo. All rights reserved. “Through the storm we reach the shore” sings Bono in U2's hit ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the history of America’s long journey toward the abolition of capital punishment is written, it will be studded with the ...
Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.
The deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife have drawn attention to California’s long and tangled history with the death penalty. Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead of stab ...