Smith's execution is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on May 22. Prison staff, in these final two days, are inspecting all rooms and equipment in the capital punishment unit. That includes Smith's ...

The Indiana Supreme Court denied a request to stop the execution. Ritchie’s attorneys challenged that decision in federal court, which a judge rejected. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

The Defense Department is reviewing the request. If approved, one official said, it would be the first time National Guard troops were used to help enforce an immigration crackdown in the country.

Rogers was denied a last-minute stay of execution by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, allowing the execution to proceed. He died by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison near Starke and ...

Follow Daniel J. Chacón on Twitter @danieljchacon. In March, The New Mexican filed a request under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act for applications for prestige license plates the ...

The S.C. Supreme Court issued Stanko’s execution notice on May 16. Stanko, 57, has two weeks to decide how he will die. Stanko was convicted and sentenced to death for killing 74-year-old Henry ...

By Christine Hauser Starbucks workers staged walkouts at dozens of coffee shops in the United States this week to protest a policy change in their dress code that their union says should have been ...

Poverty, in Code of Silence, is shown to be disabling. The point that keeps being underlined: to be disabled and poor is to be doubly sidelined. Gender roles, too, are explored, with the hair and ...

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