When most people think of the Spanish Inquisition, they typically think of torture (or Monty Python), and for good reason. Between 1478 and 1834, Catholic monarchs in Spain and Spanish territories ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas inmate Charles Victor Thompson is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, Jan 28, the first Texas execution in 2026. Thompson, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Sen. Mike Lee called for the public execution of Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of killing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last year. Lee shared a Fox News story on X ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Jan. 17, 2006, California carried out ...

The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told ...

Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, new data reveals, one of its highest figures on record. Death sentences were carried out on at least four women, two people for crimes they committed as ...

A Georgia judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause to a December execution that was already put on hold, saying questions about the state's clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys' ...

The state is set to end the year with 19 executions, the most in a single year in the modern era of capital punishment. The entryway to Florida State Prison is seen in August. The prison houses the ...

Dec 20 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on Saturday who it said was convicted of spying for Israel and having ties to Iranian opposition groups, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported. Entangled in ...