Travis Scott and other prominent rap artists have filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court challenging the use of rap lyrics as evidence in a death penalty case. The case involves James Garfield ...

Travis Scott is coming to the defense of a Texas man whose rap lyrics were used during sentencing to decide upon capital punishment.

If carried out, the execution would make Cedric Ricks the second person executed in Texas this year and the sixth in the US.

Seventeen women have been sentenced to death in Florida's history, but only two have been executed. The number of people on Florida's death row is dropping quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps up the ...

The trio of Atlanta rapper were joined by music execs, scholars and more regarding the 2009 case of a man ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An attorney for a Fort Myers man sentenced to death for the Cape Coral murders of two women said he plans to appeal to the U.S.

A federal court has upheld the conviction for the State of Oklahoma’s only female Death Row inmate, according to court documents. Brenda Andrew was sentenced to death in 2004 for the murder of her ...

The defendant was retried last fall without the use of several prejudicial statements and convicted of the same charge. The post 'Appropriate and just': Daughter of first U.S. director of national ...