North Carolina's voter ID law leads news summary including extradition from Hong Kong, a Wisconsin "takings" case and a Georgia murder trial with no definitive, official cause of death.

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A vote for Justice Kennedy for Person of the Year heads news summary that includes a right-to-park argument, a tour of California's death row and an investigation into alleged disability bias ends.

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SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has overturned the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a Southern California housewife because the prosecutor implied it was God’s will to execute him. The San Diego Union-Tribune says the judge ruled ...

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JACKSON, Ga. — A death row inmate’s last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that Marcus Ray Johnson’s request was denied because alcohol is a ...

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WASHINGTON — Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead. If past practice is any guide, the court is much more ...

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WASHINGTON —  A divided Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the conviction and death sentence of a California man convicted of murder — even though a lower court made mistakes when it considered whether prosecutors illegally excluded blacks and Hispanics from ...

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Lawyers for Jody Lee Miles have asked the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its decision that his death sentence appeal became moot when former Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted it to life in prison without the possibly of parole.

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Last week, the Delaware Supreme Court said “yes” to Erek L. Barron’s appeal, throwing out Isaiah W. McCoy’s death sentence and ordering a new trial.

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On the same day Gov. Martin O’Malley issued an executive order commuting Jody Lee Miles’ death sentence, Miles’ lawyers filed a motion opposing his new sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Maryland no longer has the ability to carry out the death penalty even against someone who was sentenced before capital punishment was banned last year, the state attorney general and lawyers for a death-row inmate argued Monday.

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