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A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday. The U.S. Supreme Court, the last body that could have halted the execution, ...

Utah officials said Saturday that they are scrapping plans to use an untested lethal drug combination in next ...

The on-again, off-again scheduling of Richard Glossip's execution will be heard by the Supreme Court thanks to questions ...

ATLANTA—A man who killed his former girlfriend three decades ago is set to be put to death in ...

KUNA, Idaho—Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas man was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his cousin. Ivan Cantu received ...

Alabama is gearing up for its second execution utilizing nitrogen gas, an approach to carrying out death sentences ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a June execution date for David Hosier, who is ...

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved, Alabama used nitrogen gas to execute a death row ...

ATMORE, Ala.—Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas Thursday, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method. ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Attorneys for the first inmate slated to be put to death with nitrogen gas have asked a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeal of a death row inmate who is scheduled ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A federal judge who is weighing whether to allow the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia to ...

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a double killing in 2001, despite his claims of self-defense and ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas man convicted of strangling a 5-year-old girl who was taken from a Walmart store nearly ...

HOUSTON—A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony faced ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama has set a January execution date for what would be the nation's first attempt to put ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state’s lethal injection drugs and raised questions ...

HOUSTON—A federal judge on Friday denied a request to stop the execution of a Texas inmate who had ...

STARKE, Fla.—A man who killed two women after meeting them a day apart in north Florida bars in ...

HOUSTON—A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness was deemed not competent to be ...

The Supreme Court of Alabama is weighing whether to allow the state to become the first to execute ...

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student—a case ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in the Florida Panhandle in ...