Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were granted permission Friday to work ...

Two former Oakland police officers have taken a deadly "ghost chase" case to the US Supreme Court, hoping to persuade the ...

On Jan. 17, 2006, California carried out what would turn out to be the last execution in the Golden State in the next two ...

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

A cleric leading prayers in Iran's capital has demanded the death penalty for detained protesters, showing the hard-line rage ...

One inmate is dead and another is under investigation for murder following a violent altercation earlier this month at the ...

Two of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s children reached out to a death row inmate weeks after their parents were ...

A gang member serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting five people in a Cypress cafe, killing ...

Helen Bacigalupi, the matriarch of one of Sonoma County’s most important winegrowing families, died at 99, two weeks shy of ...

A man who was convicted of murdering his estranged wife just before their divorce was finalized will spend the rest of his ...

Appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions ...

A third person has died in a rash of poisonings from wild, foraged mushrooms in California, health officials report.