Houston — A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for three days after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend nearly 27 years ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state lawmakers are considering new legislation to close a legal loophole that has allowed strangers to take control of estates, sell homes and pocket millions of dollars ...

Wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the Dallas County Commissioners Court: Evidence will be presented and a resolution is expected to pass declaring that ...

A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

You might feel flattered if someone asks you to be an executor, and in many ways you should. Helping to carry out someone’s final wishes and ensure their loved ones are looked after financially is an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A reverse mortgage on a home with substantial repair costs and an unwanted squatter complicates estate settlement ...

RAIFORD, Fla. (WCAX) - A serial killer born in Vermont was executed on this day in 1989. Ted Bundy was, and remains, one of America’s most infamous serial killers. He confessed to 30 murders, however ...

HOUSTON — Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was ...

This photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library shows Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, who was executed by electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and ...

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday evening, the 26th person put to death in the ...

Eleven members of a family-operated syndicate in northern Myanmar have been executed following the approval of their death sentences by China's top court. The announcement was made on Thursday through ...

Essam al-Shazly is the latest foreign national to die in a ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman In his four years on death row, Essam al-Shazly’s mother was ...