A spokesperson for Moriarty said she has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to let the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office pursue murder charges against Boelter before the federal government prosecutes ...

The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration: the ...

When law enforcement searched the abandoned Buick, a handwritten letter directed to the FBI, read that “Dr. Vance Luther ...

Brooklyn Park Police were alerted to the overnight break-in at 8 a.m. Wednesday. They discovered that someone had pried ...

State and federal prosecutors sometimes both pursue criminal cases for the same offense, even if they differ on the death penalty.

Minn. abolished the death penalty but Vance Boelter faces state and federal charges in Melissa Hortman's death so he may face ...

Police are investigating a reported Tuesday night break-in at the home of Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman of Minnesota, officials announced Wednesday. The break-in comes after Democratic ...

Again, the death penalty was different for nobility ... Between 1911 and 1917, eight more states abolished capital punishment (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Arizona, Missouri ...

Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced plans Tuesday to push for a constitutional amendment that would reinstate the death penalty for first-degree murder in Minnesota. “As a dad and a governor, I am fed up with ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for an inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City.

May 7 (UPI) --The U.S. government on Wednesday announced it will seek the death penalty for an Oklahoma ... arrested a man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses ...