James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could ...

If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...

Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

A Florida death row inmate who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman in 2000 is asking the court to show him ...

Ohio lawmakers are trying to end the state’s years-long moratorium on executions by seeking federal help with obtaining ...

A death row inmate's lawyers filed documents requesting that their client be exempt from lethal injection due to his morbid obesity.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas’ death row, has died ...

A bill could make firing squads and lethal gas options in Florida executions as a shortage of pentobarbital, used for lethal ...

People sentenced to death in Florida could be executed by firing squads, nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that ...