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 ...

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

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

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

Connecticut death penalty opponents want lawmakers to bar corporations in the state from making drugs or devices used in ...

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

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

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 ...