South Carolina has killed death row inmate Brad Sigmon, 67, in the first firing squad execution in the U.S. in 15 years.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation to authorize nitrogen gas as an execution method. Supporters say it will allow executions to resume in a state that hasn’t put anyone ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years.

A former federal prison inmate is now in Oklahoma custody as the state seeks to execute him for a 1999 killing in Tulsa.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin Meyers, a first for her time in office and the first commutation ...

Alabama's governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison over questions about the case.

Attorneys for Brad Sigmon, the next S.C. death row inmate, raised concerns in a Feb. 26 court filing over the autopsy report ...

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, staving off his execution. Convicted for the 1997 killing of ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, staving off his execution. Convicted for the 1997 killing of his ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with an Oklahoma death row inmate who claimed alongside the state itself that his trial was unfair, ordering a new trial and staving off his execution.