Joshua Rocha, who was convicted and sentenced last month to death for the July 2022 killing of North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez, had his death sentence finalized by a judge on Monday in ...

"Death sentences are the most serious sanctions that governments can inflict on human beings, so all must be carefully reviewed for accuracy and fairness before an execution is scheduled," said Robin ...

Justice Department lawyers pushed back on a series of arguments from accused assassin Luigi Mangione's defense team — countering that his challenges to the potential death penalty have failed ...

Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state carried out its 17th execution Nov. 20, with two more scheduled by the end of ...

Prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against the cowardly suspect who ambushed and critically wounded two West Virginia National Guard troops in Washington, DC Wednesday, Attorney General Pam ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday said she will seek the death penalty against the man accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., a day earlier. “Just pray, ...

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month. The total for 2025 ...

Around 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution, the largest crowd for a hanging in early American history. The crime? Sedition. Thomas Hickey, a member of George Washington’s personal guard, was ...

She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s defined her political ascent. But Sheikh Hasina’s rise to the top of ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Carrying pink balloons and wearing T-shirts printed with the image of their loved one, roughly 100 people gathered Friday night to honor the life of Maurice Harrison — known to ...

The IRS will provide penalty relief to about 1 million taxpayers automatically starting next year, the national taxpayer advocate (NTA) said during a session at the AICPA National Tax Conference. The ...