A California state court judge has refused a death row inmate’s request to block his scheduled execution on Wednesday. Albert Greenwood Brown and another condemned inmate had sued the state over its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Jasmine North, federal public defender mitigation investigator, left, speaks with Ralph Leroy Menzies during his competency ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court has rejected a request for a stay of execution of Frank Walls, who is scheduled Thursday to become the 19th Florida inmate put to death by lethal injection this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to ...

Robert Roberson, set to be executed next week for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, was granted a stay of execution Thursday, according to The Dallas Morning News. The decision by the Texas ...

Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...