A 46-year-old man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by nitrogen gas in the southern state of Louisiana on ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A change to lethal injections for people on death row sparked up a lawsuit. Inmates and lawyers ...

In the hours leading up to Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, attorneys for the inmate are hoping for a last-minute ...

Twenty-eight states as well as the U.S. military and U.S. government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an ...

Bixby has been on death row since he was convicted of killing Abbeville County Deputy Danny Wilson and Constable Donnie Ouzts ...

Proponents say South Carolina could receive a huge boost in tax revenue, but others say it's destroying lives. The Greenville ...

Three elderly Kentuckians, 75-year-old Charlie Gross, 74-year-old Lula Gross and 79-year-old Sam Chaney were killed in 1979 in a general store they owned.

The Grosses’ granddaughter, Mary Lou Herald, said he not only stile her grandparents but took 40 years of her life by trying ...

Team, Gendron's attorneys argue "The government's decision to seek the death penalty against Payton Gendron is arbitrary." ...

A district court judge in Baton Rouge Monday issued a temporary restraining order for Tuesday night’s planned execution of ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The sentence of Kentucky’s longest-held death row inmate has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

Idaho law only allows the death penalty in aggravated first-degree murder. But Rep. Bruce Skaug's bill would allow it for ...