History’s cruelest punishments exposed humanity’s darkest instincts. These brutal methods were designed to torture, terrify, ...

For the first time in seven years, Ohio executed a Cincinnati killer. Convicted murderer Robert Van Hook was pronounced dead at 10:44 a.m. Wednesday. His death came more than 30 years after he ...

Ritchie, who was 20-years-old at the time, stole a van with others in Beech Grove ... recommendation from the State Parole Board that his execution proceeded as scheduled. Today, Ritchie's ...