We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. 19 Table 1 summarizes the eligibility criteria. Study design Quantitative (interventional or ...

When 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee was kidnapped, raped, strangled and drowned in the small Florida city of Mascotte nearly 40 years ago, a surprising suspect emerged: a rookie cop named James Duckett ...

April 24 (UPI) --The Department of Justice said on Friday it has reinstated the use of lethal injection and expanded the execution protocol to include firing squad, which are among other moves to ...

A breakthrough in microbiome research could change how colorectal cancer is detected—no colonoscopy required. Scientists used AI to map gut bacteria at an unprecedented level of detail, revealing ...

This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter. The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to order DNA testing that it argues ...

Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a motion to test DNA evidence they say was not previously examined in the case of Tony Carruthers, a Shelby County man accused and convicted ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause on capital punishment a failure of justice for victims ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the state Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

James Duckett was granted a rare stay of execution Thursday ahead of his scheduled lethal injection on Tuesday. The state is asking for the stay to be lifted. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on ...

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday paused next week’s scheduled execution of James Duckett — a former Lake County police officer, who was convicted in 1988 of raping, choking and drowning an ...