An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday. Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. local time at William ...

Throughout the report, the Justice Department referenced past Supreme Court rulings in capital cases, noting that the court ...

Starke, Fla. — A man convicted of the 1994 machete killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year, his death Thursday marking a state record for ...

In a dramatic turnaround, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, which was scheduled to take place in seven days ...

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the lethal injection began, according to several witnesses. Byron Black was put ...

The execution Thursday of James Hitchcock was the sixth so far in Florida this year, a stunning pace that has Florida leading ...

Florida is set to execute a death row inmate for the kidnapping and stabbing death of a young woman who was attacked at work more than four decades ago. Among the witnesses to Bates' execution on ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A ...

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