The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday paused next week’s scheduled execution of James Duckett — a former Lake County police officer, who was convicted in 1988 of raping, choking and drowning an ...

Kim Jong Un is said to have executed a general by tossing him into a tank filled with piranhas. The unidentified general, who was accused of plotting a coup, is believed to be among the victims of ...

James Duckett hopes a long-sought forensic exam might halt his scheduled lethal injection next week. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union Correctional Institution. Gov. Ron ...

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

Iran executed three men on Thursday who were accused of killing police officers during protests in January, with activists warning of the risk of a new surge in hangings as war rages with Israel and ...

Iran executed a 19-year-old champion wrestler in a public hanging Thursday along with two other people who were arrested during the brutal crackdown on anti-regime protesters in January. Saleh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks to the media upon her arrival before the informal video conference of ...

Michael Lee King was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery and kidnapping for his involvement in the 2008 killing of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee Florida ...

Iran claimed it has executed a man for allegedly spying for Israel in what is the first such killing since the regime’s war against the US and Israel began. Kourosh Keyvani, who was arrested during ...

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for killing a young mother who frantically called 911 from her attacker’s cellphone while tied up in his car. Michael Lee King, 54, was ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with ...