Catholic organizations had lobbied Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s ...

Two men were sentenced Wednesday to lifelong terms in prison in the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy outside an ...

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

George Reeves' death was ruled a suicide in 1959, but the end of his life remains controversial due to a lack of evidence ...

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.

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

When George Ryan, a small-town pharmacist turned Illinois governor, stood before the world in 2000 to halt his state’s death penalty, he didn’t just pause executions — he ignited a global ...

employees have been sentenced after an inmate’s medical needs were ignored in a federal prison in Prince George County, resulting in his death. Former BOP lieutenant Shronda Covington and former ...

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best known for declaring a state moratorium on the death penalty in ...

That’s what really started me down the path to looking at the death penalty.” Ryan said he got angry calls from federal prosecutors and even from George W. Bush, who at the time was Texas ...

George Homer Ryan served one term as Illinois ... overshadowing a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct ...