The local news no longer covered them. Then, in 1961, a 22-year-old organizer, Thomas Gaither, introduced a new tactic. In the next sit-in, at the lunch counter of a McCrory’s dime store in Rock ...

Wild Bill Hickok died on August 2, 1876, in Deadwood, South Dakota, after he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall. Wild Bill Hickok’s death during a poker game was a fitting end for a man ...

House Bill 205, sponsored by Rep. Shannon Maness, R-Dillon, fell two votes short on the House floor Thursday, 49-51. Montana has been effectively unable to administer the death penalty since a ...

Cleveland native Rachel Muha's son Brian was murdered 25 years ago. She opposes the death penalty and supports the bill. "True justice does not mask suffering with more violence," Muha said.

A Black lawmaker in Mississippi reveals he is getting death threats from men in his state, around the country and across the globe for proposing a bill that would criminalize masturbation.

I’m honored to be Amsterdam News‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum ... For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives.

State Rep. Joe Moody (D-El Paso) filed a bill that would alter the Texas penal code by raising the age to receive the death penalty from 18 to 21. House Bill (HB) 2055, filed by Moody 10 days after ...

IDAHO, USA — A bill was introduced to the Idaho Legislature to make death by firing squad the main style of execution in the state. Representative Bruce Skaug (R) and Senator Doug Ricks (R ...