A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

If the governor is squeamish about the firing squad, perhaps he should be squeamish about the death penalty. | Opinion ...

A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas ...

The 39-year-old distinguished scientist died on Tuesday night after his neighbour pushed him to the ground and punched him ...

As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all clemency granted by the governor.

If it seems like death penalty cases drag out in the courts already, new legislation introduced on Thursday would ensure that ...