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 ...

JASMINE. ELIZABETH, LOUISIANA, HAS NOT HAD AN INMATE ON DEATH ROW EXECUTED IN 15 YEARS. THE INMATE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PUT TO DEATH NEXT MONTH DIED JUST WEEKS BEFORE HIS EXECUTION DATE.

Hoffman, Sepulvado and seven other inmates are plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty. Lawyers for the group filed an emergency ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, officials and his lawyer said. Christopher Sepulvado ...