Connecticut companies would be banned from selling drugs used in capital punishment under bill opposed by state hospitals.

David Duncan, a meticulous retired judge, led an inquest into Arizona's execution protocols -- until it was subverted by ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

The Arizona State Supreme Court was scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss issuing a death warrant amid concerns about Arizona's execution protocols.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state's suddenly busy death chamber.

A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being ...

TALLAHASSEE - After losing at the Florida Supreme Court, attorneys for convicted murderer James Ford this weekend quickly ...

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

Convicted murderer James Ford is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection after a unanimously rejected appeal to the ...

Medical experts and death row inmates file legal briefs challenging legality of Arizona's execution drugs ahead of March ...

Idaho House Bill 37 aims to make the firing squad the state's primary means of execution as prosecutors prepare to try Bryan ...