ALLENTOWN, Pa. - One of the Lehigh Valley's most notorious killers has eluded the execution chamber again. Last month, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary Laurel Harry signed a notice of ...

The development of Idaho’s execution procedures by the director of state prisons will be shielded from the public and not subject to court review under a bill the Legislature sent to the governor’s ...

The Florida Supreme Court has stayed the execution of former police officer James Duckett. Duckett was sentenced to death in 1988 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee. Duckett's ...

The execution for Lehigh Valley serial killer Harvey Robinson, who killed three woman and tried to kill two other people in the 1990s, has been formally stayed amid an ongoing death penalty moratorium ...

Eight Olympians from multiple countries, including three gold medalists, have condemned the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its response to the execution of Iranian wrestler Saleh Mohammadi.

Kim Jong Un is said to have executed a general by tossing him into a tank filled with piranhas. The unidentified general, who was accused of plotting a coup, is believed to be among the victims of ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has addressed the recent execution of 19-year-old wrestling star Saleh Mohammadi by the Iranian regime. After multiple Olympians, including three gold ...

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

When a 19-year-old wrestler and two other men were hanged in the holy city of Qom on Thursday, Iran’s theocratic regime was sending a message to both dissenters inside the country and opponents abroad ...

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