Republican Kay Ivey called execution unfair since Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton, who will serve life in prison, didn’t fire fatal shot Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your ...

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A social media post by Gov. Kay Ivey reflecting on her childhood and accomplishments sparked hundreds of requests for the governor to use her authority to stop the execution of a man who was convicted ...

A North Texas man was executed on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 killings of 30-year-old ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WINK) – The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the path for the execution of Michael King, one of Southwest Florida’s most notorious killers, by rejecting his final legal appeal.

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Texas is set to execute a death row inmate who fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a fit of rage before he turned the knife on her 12-year-old son, who miraculously survived the ...

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Supreme court recently rejected Cedric Ricks’ claim that potential jurors in his trial were eliminated based on race Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his common-law wife and child during a stabbing attack is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, according to information from the Texas ...