Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.

If you have an inherited IRA, there’s a key change for 2025 that heirs need to know. Here’s how to avoid a penalty.

A sweeping presidential pardon for January 6 rioters drew the criticism of North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis on Tuesday.

In an executive order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," Trump reversed a Biden-era ...

A Cumberland County judge denied bond for the man accused of killing a former Fayetteville City Councilman’s daughter.

Roy Cooper's last day in office, multiple North Carolina district attorneys are pushing back on his last-minute announcement ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the ...

There are 144 countries that by practice or law, have abandoned the death penalty. There are 195 countries ... In the world, only Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and North Korea have executed more ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. Not only is it hugely and uniquely ...

In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

In an unusual court proceeding that began in October, the ACLU and other attorneys asserted that Kansas' death penalty law ...

Despite reimposition of the death penalty in 1994, Kansas hasn’t executed anyone ... Frank Baumgartner, a professor of political science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said a ...