What will happen to the 11 prisoners on Conn.’s death row, now that the state has decided to repeal its practice of capital punishment?   That is exactly what lawmakers have been debating...

From The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population...

From The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse...

From The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia's governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that...