SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials began hearing testimony Monday about whether a man facing execution next month should be spared the death penalty for murdering his girlfriend's mother and instead ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says the Legislature has previously discussed increasing the number of years a person convicted of murder and granted mercy at ...

Mar. 29—KINGWOOD — The trial for Luis Martinez-Otero, 54, of Terra Alta ended Thursday with the jury bringing back a guilty verdict of first-degree murder, recommending his sentence be served without ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Laws change. People change. New information comes to light. That’s the reason presidents and governors can grant pardons and commutations. According to ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state’s parole board has rejected a plea for mercy by a ...

The so-called “killer poet” is seeking parole again. For more than two decades, we have followed Norman Porter’s case through our New England’s Unsolved series. [ PREVIOUS: ‘Killer poet’ Norman Porter ...

The Alaska Constitution entrusts the governor with a clemency power. This power allows the governor to show mercy to people who have been convicted of crimes. For instance, the governor can grant ...

This isn’t a column about Leslie Van Houten. This is a column about the often competing virtues of justice versus mercy. But the news event that started me thinking (again) about those dueling ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' parole board is suggesting that Gov. Asa Hutchinson extend mercy to one of eight inmates scheduled to die in a series of double-executions this month. The Republican ...