State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

As Robinson faces a possible death sentence, voices on campus weigh in on Utah’s capital punishment system and its broader ...

As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest ...

Even when there’s a difference of opinion, people can be united. A coalition of 40 Arkansas faith leaders from more than nine denominations is urging Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to halt plans for ...

Law enforcement officials arrested the man accused of shooting and killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Friday after a frantic 33-hour manhunt. The suspect's fate now hinges on ...

The law provides that if the state’s current method, lethal injection, is found to be unconstitutional or is unable to be administered, the N.C. Department of Adult Correction “must select another ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating the death penalty in Washington DC from the Oval Office on Thursday (25 September) ...

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell) presides over session on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) North Carolina lawmakers have passed a wide-ranging crime bill, ...

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THEM. AND ON KMBC.COM. WELL, THE CLOCK IS NOW TICKING FOR A POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY CASE AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING KANSAS CITY, KANSAS POLICE OFFICER HUNTER SIMONCIC. KMBC ANDY ALCOCK WAS ...