Susan Smith says she didn't plan to kill her sons
Twenty years after being convicted, South Carolina mother writes newspaper: "I am not the monster society thinks I am"
Capital Punishment
D.A. seeks death penalty against mother of slain baby
Prosecutors say the punishment is warranted in the case of a woman accused of killing her 20-month-old
Inmate lauds death penalty before being executed
David Zink was put to death for sex assault and murder of 19-year-old woman, but had message for other death row inmates
Supreme Court rules on controversial lethal injections
Court upholds the use of a lethal injection drug that has been linked to botched executions
Death penalty being sought in slaying of McStay family
Chase Merritt is accused of killing his business partner and the partner's wife and young sons before burying them in the California desert
Man sentenced to death for sledgehammer killings
Shawn Ford, Jr., beat his ex-girlfriend's parents to death in April 2013; they had refused to let him visit his ex-girlfriend, whom he stabbed 10 days earlier
Boston bomber will get chance to break his silence
Families of victims in the Boston Marathon bombing will confront 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his sentencing Wed.; will he speak?
Pa. man gets death in murder of woman and child, 4
Ebony Talley was five months' pregnant when she was stabbed to death by Marcel Johnson
Jesse Matthew pleads not guilty in 2005 Va. attack
Man accused of killing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham is about to go to trial in a separate case of attempted murder nearly a decade ago
Texas executes man for 1983 ranch murder
Lester Bower, 67, was the eighth person put to death in Texas this year and the oldest since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982
Death sentence thrown out for man who killed maid
Georgia Supreme Court rules jury should have heard details of "pervasive violence" in Gregory Walker's life before determining sentence
Nebraska abolishes the death penalty
State senators voted to override Gov. Pete Ricketts and have Nebraska join 18 U.S. states and the District of Columbia to ban capital punishment
Judge: Boston bomber to be formally sentenced to death in June
At least 20 victims will make statements at sentencing hearing and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will also be given the opportunity to speak
Capital murder charges expected in Waco biker shootout
Some of the 170 biker gang members booked and held on $1M bond each could face the death penalty over shootout that left 9 dead
Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets death penalty two years after bombing that killed three and injured more than 260
Boston bombing jury stumped by legal concepts, ends deliberations
Same jury that convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev must now decide whether he gets life in prison or death
Boston Marathon bomber's fate in hands of jury
Lawyers make final appeals as jurors begin deliberating whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should get life in prison or death penalty
"Dead Man Walking" nun testifies, defense rests in Boston bomber trial
Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev call nun made famous in 1995 movie as final witness in bid to save him from the death penalty
Doctor: Boston bomber's dad claimed he was tortured, had PTSD
Psychiatrist's testimony appears designed to support claim by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers about dysfunction in his family
Boston Marathon bomber cries, blows a kiss as relatives testify
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shows emotion for the first time in his federal death penalty trial
Supreme Court gets heated in argument over execution drugs
The Justices clashed with one another and fired hostile questions at the lawyers over a death penalty debate
Could the Supreme Court restrict the use of lethal injection?
Court hears arguments Wednesday after some say recent botched executions were cruel and unusual punishment
Texas Judge halts death row inmate's execution
Just hours before he was scheduled to be put to death, Robert Pruett got a reprieve as his appeals are considered
Boston bomber's wife researched martyrdom, expert testifies
Testimony in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial zeroes in on his late brother's wife, raising questions about what she knew before the attacks
8 face Indonesia firing squad; 1 spared from execution
Official says female Filipino wins stay; Indonesia media reports that 8 others executed despite international outcry
live updates
Government shutdown begins as up to 750,000 workers face furlough
The first government shutdown in nearly seven years is underway as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over 2025 funding. Follow live updates here.
Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain on Federal Reserve Board for now
A federal district ruled in September that President Trump's attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was likely illegal.
These hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse.
Hospitals across the U.S. are at risk of significant flooding, and climate experts warn that the Trump administration's cuts leave the nation less prepared.
NYC high-rise partially collapses after explosion
Emergency crews are responding to reports of a possible gas explosion and partial building collapse in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
Legal threats hang over governor's race after report on Sherrill's military records
The National Archives admitted it had erred in releasing a mostly unredacted version of Mikie Sherrill's military records to an ally of her opponent.
Trump decrees any attack on Qatar be treated as threat to U.S.
Weeks after Israel bombed Qatar's capital, Trump signed an executive order declaring any attack on the Arab nation will be treated as a threat to the U.S.
Trump's legal crackdown on "sanctuary" jurisdictions yields few results so far
The Trump administration has mounted an aggressive campaign against "sanctuary" jurisdictions, but the Justice Department has pointed to just one city that has abandoned its policies so far.
Iowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip
A 17-year-old hunter died in rural Iowa after he "was mistaken for a squirrel by a member of his hunting party," state officials said.
Ramen trend inspired by "KPop Demon Hunters" causing burns, doctors warn
Doctors are warning of a food trend inspired by the popular Netflix movie "KPop Demon Hunters" that is leading to serious burn injuries.