That was the last time the Sierra County Gallows was used. The state took over capital punishment just a few years after James O’Neil was hanged. The gallows were put in storage ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the federal death penalty Jan. 20, among the first actions of his second term, directing the attorney general to "pursue the death penalty for all ...

President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week. “The death penalty is not effective,” ...

The orders encompass everything from migration to TikTok to climate change and could have major implications for our communities.

The Executive Orders are said by Trump critics as a rebuke to the Biden Administration’s decision to commute the 37 of 40 ...

Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.

The president is directing the Justice Department to overrule the Supreme Court in cases where the justices have found ...

Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, just west of Dallas.

"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...

The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, ...

The president directed the attorney general to take “all appropriate action to seek the overruling” of high court precedents ...

The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...