Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The so-called “killer poet” is seeking parole again. For more than two decades, we have followed Norman Porter’s case through our ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Parole Board has recommended mercy for a condemned inmate scheduled to die next month for slashing a 72-year-old woman's neck during a robbery. Joseph Murphy killed Ruth ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says the Legislature has previously discussed increasing the number of years a person convicted of murder and granted mercy at ...

Mar. 29—KINGWOOD — The trial for Luis Martinez-Otero, 54, of Terra Alta ended Thursday with the jury bringing back a guilty verdict of first-degree murder, recommending his sentence be served without ...