Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a ...

In a small, piercingly bright room inside a state prison in northeast Florida, Frank Walls was strapped to a gurney and injected three times: first with a sedative meant to render him unconscious, ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

A host of high-profile trials and other proceedings are on the docket as Houston dives into 2026. The cases expected to be heard in coming months range from a sweeping plot orchestrated by a prominent ...

The sentence of the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States, Raymond Riles, was overturned by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on April 14. The court ruled that jurors at his trial ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026. Gov.

"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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Denise Truscello/Getty; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of ...

For death penalty opponents, the dramatic spike in executions last year was truly horrifying. After several years of no more than 25 executions, there were 47 executions in 2025, nearly double the ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...