PHOENIX — An Arizona judge granted a request to evaluate Lori Vallow's competency. The so-called "Doomsday Mom" has been in ...

A federal judge has rejected the request of a South Carolina man scheduled for execution next week to remove the governor’s power to grant clemency and allow someone else to consider his case. Richard ...

A week ago, Robert Roberson was running out of time. On Wednesday, however, the Texas House Committee on Criminal ...

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate is trying several paths to stop his execution, scheduled for ...

A timeline has not been set for constructing a site for the state’s backup — and much discussed — execution method, according ...

But there are other good reasons to reconsider the death penalty in Idaho. Among them is the fact that the state gets it wrong often enough. Look no further than the case of Christopher Tapp, wrongly ...

The appeals court concluded U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford failed to recuse herself from the case due to her ...

A new appeal was filed for Thomas Creech after the federal judge overseeing the case was removed, following a unanimous ...

The state of Alabama executed death row inmate Derrick Dearman by lethal injection Thursday evening for the brutal axe ...

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously found that U.S. District Judge Amanda Brailsford’s decision not to ...

BOISE, Idaho - A man scheduled to die by lethal injection next month in Idaho is appealing, hoping to stop his execution.

"There is no reason for Judge Brailsford to subject herself to the very human pressures that arise out of sitting in judgment ...