Editor's note: This database contains descriptions of violent crimes. There are 113 people sitting on Ohio's death row. Some were sentenced to death decades ago, for murders committed in the 1980s and ...

A man being held in the Clay County Detention Center died almost a week after an apparent suicide attempt, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher Ballowe, 48, was found by his ...

A person suspected of a residential break-in early Saturday morning near the Oakland Zoo died while in custody, police claim. The Oakland Police Department announced the death on Saturday afternoon.

Once you die, if you had a prepaid funeral contract or had put your choices in writing, then your wishes must be followed. D-Keine / Getty Images In Plato’s Phaedo, Socrates argues about what happens ...

Albuquerque Police Department is currently investigating a suspicious death in the area of 2nd Street NW and Candelaria Road NW. Police advise that they responded to a call for service at the location ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...

The application of Ohio's death penalty varies significantly by county, influenced by the views of elected prosecutors. Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties have historically sent the most people to death ...

Ohio hasn’t executed anyone on death row since 2018. Under Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who says the state can’t get the drugs it needs for lethal injections, the state has had an unofficial death penalty ...

Kwame Ajamu spent three years on Ohio's death row and 28 years in prison for a 1975 Cleveland murder he didn't commit. Ajamu, his brother and his friend are among 11 death row exonerees in Ohio. Ajamu ...

Sam Rivers -- who helped found Limp Bizkit and was the band's bassist -- died at the age of 48. "Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat," an Instagram statement from the band read on ...