A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

Students at a prestigious university in the United Kingdom recently unearthed a likely execution pit on the outskirts of town — dating back 1,200 years. The University of Cambridge announced the ...

The images of political prisoners, taken just before they were killed by Nazis in 1944, were put up for auction on eBay. The sale was pulled shortly thereafter. By Koba Ryckewaert and Niki Kitsantonis ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Angelica Johnson is speaking out against what she says was unnecessary force, when a Grand Rapids Police officer shot her son Da'quain Tre Johnson on Wednesday, who died of his ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The mother of a man who was fatally shot by a Grand Rapids police officer said police “executed” her son. She also said she had viewed video of the killing that provided a better ...

Melvin Trotter was executed for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford in Palmetto, Florida. His attorneys argue he was intellectually disabled, citing early school records and IQ tests. Courts have ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. ATHENS — Greece said Monday it will seek to obtain a series of photos that appear to show the final moments of 200 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for former police officer James Duckett, convicted of the 1987 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Duckett's execution is the fifth scheduled in ...

Virgie Langford was ready for retirement. For five decades, the 70-year-old ran a mom-and-pop grocery store in Palmetto along Florida's Gulf Coast. The neighborhood had gotten dangerous, Langford got ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WINK) — Nearly two decades after a case that exposed tragic flaws in the nation’s emergency response system and devastated Southwest Florida, a death warrant has finally been signed ...