They were led by George Cheever.[14] Finally, in 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state), mostly because it had no long tradition ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that ...

Nearly 26 years after he and an accomplice killed two people as part of a crime spree, 61-year-old George John Hanson was executed Thursday morning. Hanson died by lethal injection at the Oklahoma ...

Two Columbia SC men have been sentenced to federal prison for attacking and injuring police officers during a protest in 2020 ...

A small group gathered outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester Thursday, June 12, during the execution of George ...

George John Hanson was executed in McAlester, Oklahoma Thursday morning, following his recent transfer to the state by the ...

At the time of her death, she was facing more than 40 libel ... Two other men, George Degiorgio and Adrian Agius, were ...

After a trial packed with emotional testimonies and clear-cut evidence, the jury handed down a verdict that brings a tragic chapter to a close.