The bill would allow death row inmates to choose their form of execution. If lethal injection is chosen but not available, ...

The increase in executions is largely being driven by four states — Florida, Texas, Alabama and South Carolina — that have ...

Anthony Boyd has been on death row for some 30 years after being convicted of the capital murder and kidnapping of George ...

A federal judge refused to stop an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama saying the inmate was unlikely to prevail on claims the method is cruel.

A man who is scheduled to be executed later this month for a 1993 murder continues to maintain his innocence, saying on ...

Every person condemned to die likely experiences feelings of angst, anxiety, stress, or panic and for hundreds of years have been placed in the unenviable position of confronting their final moments.

The Indiana Parole Board had cited the "brutal nature" of Ward's crimes against 15-year-old Stacy Payne. Ward's attorney, Indiana Deputy Public Defender Joanna Green, said she's "very disppointed" in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl is set to be put to death on Oct. 10. Roy Lee Ward has been on death row for more than 20 years ...

Two longtime residents on death row in Texas and Alabama were executed mere minutes apart Thursday evening — departing in vastly different manners and leaving behind opposing legacies. Geoffrey Todd ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.