While manufacturers of FDA-approved injectable pentobarbital are warning states not to use the sedative in executions, some ...

South Carolina resumed executions with the firing squad killing of Brad Sigmon last month. Mikal Madhi’s execution date is days away.

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

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

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

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

The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.

A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for execution in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal ...

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

A discreet delivery pulled up outside of Idaho’s maximum-security prison near Boise in the state’s exhaustive quest for lethal injection drugs 1 1⁄2 years ago. Just outside of the prison ...