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

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

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

Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection May 20 in Huntsville, according to the Texas ...

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

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

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.

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

The justices on Friday rejected a request from Brad Sigmon's lawyers to delay setting a date for his death until they get autopsy results from the inmate killed in last week's lethal injection ...

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