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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said the state does not intend to proceed with an execution scheduled in April for death row prisoners Aaron Gunches, she announced in a statement Friday.The Arizona Supreme Court granted a warrant of execution for…

ST. LOUIS —  The former star of St. Louis-based reality-TV show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for arranging the shooting death of his nephew to collect a life insurance payment.James “Tim” Norman did…

A post shared on Facebook purports President Joe Biden was allegedly “shot” in a “behind-the-scenes execution.”Verdict: False The over 29-minute video details QAnon conspiracy theories. Biden is alive, as he traveled to Poland this week,…

A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children was executed Tuesday despite his claims that he was in another state when the killings occurred.Raheem Taylor, 58, was the third Missouri inmate…

A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday.Wesley Ruiz, 43, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, for the…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed changes to his state's criminal justice laws on Thursday, including making child rapists eligible for the death penalty and reducing the number of jurors required to dole out capital punishment. Citing the…

An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of 28 federal crimes and could face the death penalty.Sayfullo Saipov bowed his head as…

The man accused of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart plans to plead guilty to federal charges in the case, according to court records filed days after the federal…

Burns has spoken to Kazemi’s relative and said in an interview that the government should constantly review its sanctions to ensure they matched what he described as escalating human rights abuses.“We’ll continue to watch very closely and…

NEW DELHI: One of India's heroes in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka, pacer Mohammed Sirajdisclosed that he has changed his approach and stopped worrying about his performances unlike earlier in his career. Instead he has…