ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Justice Lawrence Larkins Koontz, Jr., 85, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, has died.

"But I do know the two penalty saves were miles more entertaining than me working on not flinching as much on a first-time shot on a cutback!" There is no doubting Trafford is on the rise as a ...

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction ...

Oregon settled for $1.9 million with Frank Gable after he was convicted and later exonerated for the killing of the state’s prison chief in 1989.

BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The Garrison Project this past week published, in partnership with Rolling Stone Magazine, a story documenting the unconstitutionality of ...

The action comes on the heels of the first U.S. execution by firing squad in nearly 15 years last week in South Carolina.

Before the Nazis sent him to a forced labor camp, young Leo Lewis’ grandmother paid him one last visit. “I will not be here when you come back,” she told the boy, who had voluntarily handed himself ...

Six death row inmates have been executed in the U.S. so far this year, compared to two by this time last year.

A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years has ...

Brad Sigmon was first person to die by firing squad in the U.S. since 2010 — and just the fourth since the death penalty ...

South Carolina has executed Brad Sigmon, the fourth inmate to be put to death by the state since executions resumed in ...

WYFF, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, FAMILY HANDOUT, CNN By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) ...