The Utah Supreme Court blocked a death row inmate's upcoming execution, after the inmate's attorneys argued his dementia has ...

It has been five years since the state held an execution and now four people are set to be executed in Tennessee before the end of the year. With the first being Oscar Franklin Smith. Smith, 75, is ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled an October execution by nitrogen gas for an inmate who has an ongoing lawsuit challenging the new method as unconstitutionally cruel. Alabama Gov. Kay ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has scheduled a September execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Sept. 25 ...

Louisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry ...

For the first time since Tennessee adopted a new lethal injection protocol, a post-execution autopsy has been released. It ...

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a debate at Utah Valley University, prompting discussions about the death penalty in Utah.

Michael Bernard Bell is scheduled to be executed on July 15, 2025, in Florida. This will be Florida's eighth execution this year, tying the record set in 1984 and 2014. A new law allows firing squads, ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...