In Florida, capital crimes include homicide, controlled-substance trafficking and sexual abuse of young children.

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Meki Gaono was 17 years old when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in ...

Florida lawmakers want to make the death penalty mandatory for immigrants in the country illegally who are convicted of ...

Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...

State of the Judiciary address given yesterday by the chief judge of New York’s highest court, Rowan Wilson, is usually a ...

The Colorado Supreme Court pondered an unusual question on Wednesday: When a previous decision relied on an analogy, but the ...

THE family of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan has told of their fury at his killer’s “unbelievable” sentence, raging: “He doesn’t have to serve an hour for killing Joe.” ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted of killing a young married couple on a remote fishing trip, is scheduled to be executed ...

In Pennsylvania, it’s possible to be convicted of murder and receive a life sentence without parole without ever having ...

Steven Fike, 67, who is serving a life sentence in Alabama state prison, will have a change of plea hearing on March 12 in ...