Executions in the US are becoming increasingly cruel, with states adopting new methods such as nitrogen hypoxia and lethal ...

An execution in the state of Alabama is raising more questions about a controversial drug used in lethal injections. Late last night, Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith, a convicted murderer. In that ...

Arizona's Senate passed a measure that would allow voters to decide on firing squad executions, a method proponents call humane.

James Duckett has been temporarily spared from execution pending the results of a DNA test that his lawyers say will ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday said he will not intervene to stop the execution of Harold Wayne Nichols. Nichols, 64, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday ...

RAIFORD, Fla. – Florida executed its first prisoner of 2026 on Tuesday evening, a man twice convicted in separate murders 12 years apart and who stabbed a robbery victim in the neck with a hunting ...

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for Frank Athen Walls, 58, scheduling his execution by lethal injection for December 18 at Florida State Prison. Walls's execution would be the 19th ...

Advocates hope they can convince developers to drop an Idaho-backed project to convert a jail facility into an execution ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Chadwick Willacy have filed an emergency petition with the Florida Supreme Court, alleging the state is systematically blocking access to public records regarding lethal ...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost renewed his push to resume executions in Ohio Wednesday, calling the state's years-long pause ...

Faith leaders, community advocates, and relatives of a person executed by firing squad are protesting firms involved in constructing Idaho's execution chamber due to the refusal of pharmaceutical ...