Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

How many people have been executed in Mississippi? How were their deaths conducted? How many women executed? Any notable ...

South Carolina man Stephen Stanko died by lethal injection3. Stanko was convicted of killing his friend and girlfriend in ...

Twenty-four men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Five other people are scheduled to be put ...

Full coverage of the death penalty and capital punishment in the United States and breaking news about prison inmate executions and lethal injection protocols.

Lethal injection has been used in nearly 90% of all executions in the U.S. since 1977, according to a database from the Death ...

Lethal injection and the death penalty is a very serious subject, but one thing I appreciated about this book is that it is written in a very approachable style and it's even sometimes funny.

As SC prepares to execute a man by lethal injection, a review of 43 autopsies shows prisoners' lungs full of fluid. A state expert dismisses that.

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as "botched" and raised concerns about execution methods.

Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (NYU Press, April 2025)—a new book by law professor, former prosecutor, and death penalty expert Corinna Barrett Lain—brings ...

Firing squad questions. They said he was leaning toward the firing squad before questions surfaced about whether Mikal Mahdi suffered agonizing pain for about 45 seconds — three times longer than ...

Idaho prison officials must let media witnesses at executions watch as lethal injection drugs are prepared and administered to a condemned person, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District ...