DeWine has been consistently reluctant to carry out capital punishment. Might that culminate in historic policy shift before he leaves office, potentially ending Ohio's death penalty through commutati ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, who served a record 16 years and championed education, has died at 88 years old, his ...

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The North Carolina Governor’s Office has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people involved in the January killing of 28-year-old Khari Ikeem […] ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay ...

In 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed death warrants for 19 people, nearly 4 times as many as any other state. List of executions ...

During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

I was with them four days ago. These are some terrific people," Gov. JB Pritzker said of the acclaimed filmmaker and his wife ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward ...