Scott Peterson was sent to death row in 2005 after being convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner. But 15 years later, the California Supreme Court threw out that death sentence - and the reason had nothing to ...

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for his murder. Judge Richard Mrazik handed down the life sentence – the most severe penalty Richins ...

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Reuters) - A drug dealer dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison in connection with "Friends" star Matthew Perry's 2023 death, including her role in supplying the dose of the powerful anesthetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state Supreme Court overturned the convictions and death sentence Monday of a man who was found guilty of murdering his mother and the police chief who tried to protect her.

In August 2024, Wade Wilson was sentenced to death for the 2019 murders of two women. Nearly two years later, has a date been set for his execution? Wilson, who is currently incarcerated at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, does not have ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A sentencing hearing for a Lexington man in connection to the death of his infant son was postponed Tuesday after the defendant was not transported from jail to Fayette Circuit Court. Amancio Torres-Trevino Jr. was scheduled for ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a narrow majority of the U.S. Supreme Court had scrapped the ...