Capital felonies that occur during religious events and school activities could be considered as aggravating factors during a ...

One attorney said the measure is overly broad and would lead to entire articles being removed “if one sentence is disputed.” ...

A Nebraska senator is trying to strengthen protections for people who use deadly force through a measure to would exempt ...

Houston area grand jury indicts man after he allegedly threatened to release sarin gas in Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church.

The bill is rooted in the coverage of a Miami man who was arrested after being accused of molesting a child at a pool party.

A homeless man alleged to have threatened a deadly gas attack on Joel Osteen s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on ...

Less than 1% of the injury lawsuits filed in Georgia result in so-called “nuclear verdicts” of $10 million or more, according to state court data and verdict reports.

A state Senate panel on Wednesday gave initial approval to a proposal that would change the state’s defamation laws, with ...

The state of South Carolina has set an execution date for Mikal Mahdi, a man who killed an off-duty Orangeburg police captain in 2004.

Among the threats directed at the letter carrier, the man said he’d run the carrier over with his tractor, officials said.

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...