CONSIDERATION. NEW TONIGHT AT 11. LAWYERS FOR THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE APPEALING A JUDGE’S RULING THAT HE IS COMPETENT TO BE EXECUTED. UNDER SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the Florida Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

A scheduled execution in Florida will not happen on Tuesday. It comes after the Florida Supreme Court refused to lift the stay of execution it granted to the former police officer. James Duckett was ...

The Florida Supreme Court set a Wednesday deadline for briefs to be submitted in a request for an independent analysis of DNA test results. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union ...

An Alabama man on death row for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in late 2021 wants the state to hurry up and get it over with already. Jeremy Williams wants his execution fast-tracked, after a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. James Broadnax will soon take his last breath. For the last 17 years, ...

When 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee was kidnapped, raped, strangled and drowned in the small Florida city of Mascotte nearly 40 years ago, a surprising suspect emerged: a rookie cop named James Duckett ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the ...

In the last 50 years, the U.S. has put more than 1,600 people to death, but only about 1 percent of those executed have been women. That’s not because of lingering cultural stereotypes, but because, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday issued his strongest rebuke to date of Ohio’s years-long moratorium on executions, calling it “a mockery of the justice system and of the dead ...

James Duckett will not be put to death Tuesday night as courts grapple with DNA challenges. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union Correctional Institution. The Florida Supreme ...

As a stay remains in place for an execution scheduled for Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the death warrant for a man convicted of raping and murdering his brother's 13-year-old ...