Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, ...

Whether the heart is stopped by a drop or a drug, the act remains a rejection of reformative justice in favour of a ...

Tennessee's method of killing death row inmates comes into sharp focus Tuesday, with Christa Gail Pike facing an execution date Sept. 30. Senior Judge Mark Ward, acting at the state Supreme Court's ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. U.S.

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...

Alabama’s plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...