Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1847, and its state constitution expressly forbids capital punishment. Alabama Reflector is part of States Newsroom, an independent nonprofit website ...

That’s after Michigan ... became a state Michigan hasn’t executed anyone and in 1846, that state became “the first government in the English-speaking world to abolish capital punishment ...

The executions of Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama come in the context of the Trump administration’s ...

For the first time since his first election ... he says he’s happy the Virginia Legislature abolished capital punishment a few years ago. Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn ...

The first time, in 1872, followed a campaign by the Des Moines Register and other opponents calling capital punishment ... states to abolish the death penalty. along with Illinois, Michigan ...

Lawmakers are trying a new approach to abolish capital punishment in the state. A view of the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility pictured on August 29, 2001 in Lucasville ...

The Michigan State Spartans were not mentioned in Saturday's first mock bracket revealed by the tournament selection committee. Some bracketologists had the Spartans as high as a 2 seed before ...

The Illini led by as much as 16 points in the first half, but Michigan State rode a career-high 23-point game from Jaxon Kohler to wear down Illinois late in the game on the way to a 79-65 victory ...

Tom Izzo sits one win away from more history. Michigan State basketball hosts Indiana on Tuesday in its first chance for Izzo to break a tie with Bob Knight for the most conference wins in Big Ten ...

In what was his first game with his new team, Dallas Mavericks guard and former Michigan State star Max Christie didn't miss a beat, providing 23 points off the bench in the Mavericks’ 116-105 ...