Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

Virginia will be the 11th state in 16 years to abolish the death penalty. Capital punishment has disappeared from all of New England and the Mid-Atlantic coastal states, he said.

In 1612, Virginia’s governor, Sir Thomas Dale, implemented the Divine, Moral, and Martial Laws that made death the penalty for even minor offenses such as stealing grapes, killing chickens ...

A Decatur man charged with capital murder seeks protection from the death penalty even as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to reexamine, in an appeal by the state of Alabama, guidelines on when ...

Nine members of a street gang have been indicted for alleged crimes in Northern Virginia, Florida, North Carolina and ...

People who leave animals or other people in their care unattended in a vehicle can face hefty fines and jail time in West ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

The Hokies weren't bad on D last year, but several new parts will try to make it better. Here's the CFN Virginia Tech Preview ...

Adults will have to buckle up in the back seat, students give up cellphones in school and large restaurants must quit packing ...

Virginia has conducted 113 executions since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to resume in 1976, a toll second in the country o… Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates ...

The departure of James Ryan represents a dramatic escalation in the administration’s effort to reshape higher education.

Starting July 1st, a new penalty will be added to the state of Virginia’s pedestrian laws to further protect individuals ...