Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas inmate Charles Victor Thompson, convicted of a 1998 double murder, was put to death Wednesday, becoming ...

Iran is seeking to execute a decorated Iranian wrestler for merely peacefully protesting against the regime in early January, prompting the U.S. State Department on Wednesday to demand that Tehran ...

Leroy McGill is scheduled for execution on May 20 for a 2002 attack during which he set a couple on fire. McGill was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder after the attack ...

China has executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion BANGKOK -- China executed 11 people it found guilty of ...

In this video I share the heartbreaking story of George Stinney Jr, a 14 year old Black child who became the youngest person ever executed by the US government. I walk through how a rushed trial, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New York Times opinion piece omitted several details while describing the fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good by an ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with ...

A New York Times opinion piece omitted several details while describing the fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer after claiming Good was ...

A Seoul court on Monday posthumously acquitted a man executed 50 years ago for allegedly attempting to rebuild an underground pro-North Korea organization in a retrial of the case. The Seoul Eastern ...

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A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...