Judge to decide fate of convicted killer Anthawn Ragan
A judge is set to decide whether convicted killer Anthawn Ragan will be put to death or spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in 2013.
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A judge is set to decide whether convicted killer Anthawn Ragan will be put to death or spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in 2013.
Charles "Sonny" Burton faces execution in Alabama for his role in a 1991 robbery in which a man was fatally shot, even though Burton did not fire the gun or witness the killing.
This is the third warrant the governor has signed in the new year, with the state setting a modern-era record with 19 executions last year.
A Texas man became the first person executed in the U.S. this year. The man killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. At one point, he escaped prison for three days.
Wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the Dallas County Commissioners Court.
Iranian shopkeeper Erfan Soltani is among thousands of people who were feared to be facing death sentences, but after a warning from President Trump, officials claim he never was.
A Florida inmate convicted in a grizzly 1989 murder is set to become the state's first execution of 2026.
Closing arguments concluded in the penalty phase for 22-year-old Jason Banegas early Monday afternoon.
Next week's scheduled execution of convicted Florida killer Frank Walls is expected to take place as planned.
A psychologist on Thursday testified that convicted cop killer Jason Banegas suffered from lifetime of trauma during the penalty phase of his trial.
Jurors hear wrenching testimony about Banegas' troubled upbringing, his mother's abuse, and the lasting grief of Officer Chirino's loved ones.
The defense for Jason Banegas, who admitting to killing a police officer in Hollywood in 2021, is addressing the jury during the penalty phase of the trial
Jurors heard emotional testimony and saw chilling surveillance video as the trial's penalty phase opened, revealing the desperate fight to save the officer's life.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant this week for Frank Athen Walls, whose execution is now scheduled for Dec. 18.
Stephen Bryant, 44, was executed for killing a man in his home and writing "catch me if u can" on the wall with the victim's blood.
This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on the increase.
The new law, which took effect Wednesday, makes Florida the first state to allow the death penalty for child sex trafficking cases where the victim is under 12.
Curtis Windom, 59, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison.
A man who fatally shot another man and a woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday.
The DOJ has been directed to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Jeffrey Hutchinson received three death sentences and one life sentence after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her children in 1998.
A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been executed.
The proposals are part of a broader package of measures lawmakers are expected to vote on Thursday.
James Ford is poised to be put to death for the 1997 murders of a couple in Southwest Florida.
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
