Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

The United States will resume federal executions on July 13, after a 17-year stay, the Justice Department said Monday. There have been just three federal execution since the death penalty was ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those ...

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for other death row inmates say it raises 'profound concerns.' ...

Texas prison authorities carried out the first US execution of 2017, as controversy continued to swirl around the drugs used to conduct such lethal injections. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was executed at ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 24 that it will be bringing back firing squads, electrocution, pentobarbital injections, and gas chambers as permissible methods of execution for ...

The US Army is preparing to conduct four executions should President Donald Trump issue the command, according to an internal planning document seen by ABC News. The plan, if implemented, would ...

The number of executions in the U.S. doubled in 2025, with southern states carrying out the most, according to newly released data. Forty-seven people in 11 states were put to death last year, ...

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