For centuries, a public execution could pull a crowd the way a fair, a parade, or a major match might pull one now. Back in the day, crowds of up to 50,000 gathered at places like Tyburn and Newgate ...

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a ...