Attorneys for death row inmate Chadwick Willacy have filed an emergency petition with the Florida Supreme Court, alleging the ...

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

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute petition from Michael King, 54, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday ...

In a bid to hasten the return of the death penalty in Kentucky, a bill that would allow execution protocols to bypass the ...

The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily ...

Legislation would bar courts from reviewing Idaho prison director’s execution protocols. Propsed law aims to codify agency control after past lethal injection procedure changes. Critics warn the ...

The defense has appealed a circuit court's decision blocking analysis of Duckett's inconclusive DNA test.

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and ...

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

This book (annual report) exists because monsters exist. Unfortunately, Ohio is protecting them.” These jarring words were ...