Executions in the US are becoming increasingly cruel, with states adopting new methods such as nitrogen hypoxia and lethal ...

An Alabama inmate was executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, the state's attorney general confirmed, marking the state's third execution this year. Keith Edmund Gavin, 64, was convicted on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court's order that would have let media witnesses view more parts ...

Tennessee death row inmate, Christa Pike, is set to be the first woman executed in the state in over 200 years. She filed a ...

Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new ...

A look at the process of Harold Nichol's execution and why his lawyer fought to give his client information about drugs used. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The State of Tennessee held its third execution ...

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

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