George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best ...

A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with ...

It's unclear whether federal law was even broken when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed on a New York street.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet ...

The spouses of the three men filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking immediate action from the government, given the ...

The defenders of death row inmate Brittany Holberg have until May 12 to respond to a federal appeals court considering ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and ...

20-year-old Wesley Davis was arrested after a child was found unresponsive on March 1 and died days later. SEVIER COUNTY, ...

The Alabama Supreme Court has authorized the execution of death row inmate Gregory Hunt for the 1988 beating death of a Walker County woman.

Gov. Ryan purged Illinois' death row just three days before his term ended, though he never regretted the decision.